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Explanation is needed at the end of Corpse Party - Tortured Souls OVA
I can't figure out what's going on at the end of episode 4 of the OVA. When Satoshi, Naomi and Ayumi finally preparing the ritual to go back to their own world, Satoshi told Naomi that he knows she took other person's paper scrap. Then, he gave her his paper scrap because he had Yuka's (his sister) one.

And then, at the final scene, they made it without Satoshi. What's wrong here? If they can't use other person's paper scrap, then why Naomi still alive? Wait, I guess they can use other person's paper scrap but can't use deceased one (like Satoshi use his dead sister's one)? If so, does Satoshi purposely sacrifice himself to let Naomi escape? It's confusing though, well, I watched the OVA but didn't played the game before.

That is not his sister's scrap, that is a scrap he found in another student's wallet, a student that was not a part of their ritual. I think it was in episode 2 or 4. Therefore, he was not using a scrap from their ritual, so he could not come back.

Finally found a screenshot of the other student's ID.

Satoshi was using Yuuya's scrap, not his sister's; this resulted in his death on trying to return to his world. This is due to Yuuya not being a part of the ritual that Class 2-9 held, so his scrap could not bring Satoshi back.

But Satoshi said "Yuka" instead of "Yuuya", or did I missed something?

He lied, that is what you missed. If you did not get why they showed Yuuya's ID in the final scene, that means you did not notice that Satoshi lied.

Recently finished this and after thinking about it for a while, I think Satoshi lied about the paper being his sister's.
If you go back and check, his sister didn't even participate in the ritual. And it was pretty weird that Satoshi gave Naomi his own paper instead of just giving her the extra charm. So the only explanation that makes sense is that Satoshi lied in order to bring Naomi Nakashima back safely while knowingly putting himself in jeopardy.
Satoshi gave Naomi his own charm to bring her back safely but maybe it wasn't such a selfless motive. He knew he couldn't live on in the real world again with the memory of his tortured little sister dying in his arms after stupidly leaving her behind alone with the girl with the red dress. We all saw the effect all of these memories had with Naomi, after she survived, she basically went insane.
(Note: In the Corpse Party game it's revealed that anyone that dies in the elementary school, memories of them are completely wiped out in the real world having them be completely forgotten by their loved ones)
Also worthy of noting, the ending when Naomi's mom is talking to her doctor about how Naomi keeps talking about "her friend" and how "she" doesn't exist brings us back to the scene of Naomi killing her best friend (Seiko Shinohara) while seemingly possessed.  For Naomi, being one of the only survivors in her group of friends, and not to mention killing and watching her her best friend die drove her to insanity.

They can actually use someone else's scrap, as long as that person came to the school when they did. Satoshi gave Naomi his scrap and said he had Yuka's. Naomi lived because Satoshi came to the school with her. Satoshi, however, lied and sacrificed himself so Naomi could live. Satoshi actually used Yuuya's scrap. That is why at the end it showed his ID.

This is the same thing that Astral Sea's answer says. If you have the same answer as one that's already posted, please don't post it again; upvote the one that's already posted. If you think that the other answer is missing an important detail, you can suggest an edit to add it.

Pretty much this guys that he used was the guy who killed Yuka named Kizami Yuuya, so Satoshi was sent to Kiazami's school but since he was holding hands with Naomi and Ayumi they were sent to their school with his arms and the rest of Satoshi was sent to I think it was called Byakuden or something. He then died of blood loss.

Do you have any proof that this happened?


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Do the citizens of Academy City know about magic?
Do ordinary citizens of Academy City know about the existence of magic? By ordinary citizens, I mean the general population of the city.

Please verify what you want to ask? Do you want to know whether the Academy City citizens knows about the existence of magic? Or what? Your question is not very clear right now.

Yes I want know whether the academy city citizens knolw about existence of magic.

I edited the question. If that is now what you are trying to ask, please do edit it again.

You can read the Wikia article on Academy City:

In the novel series, there are only a handful of residents who know about magic, either due to encountering it or being part of the magic side themselves, such as Kamijou Touma, Index, Accelerator, Hamazura Shiage, Aleister Crowley, Heaven Canceller, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, Himegami Aisa, Etzali, Xochitl, Misaka Mikoto, Kazakiri Hyouka, Othinus, Tsukuyomi Komoe, and Kihara Noukan.

It further states:

Although Academy City is stated as the dominant faction on the Science side, there are still internal conflicts with the science side, not unlike what's happening in the magic side between the various churches. Because of their stance as the most advanced city in the world and having the capability of producing supernatural powers, they are both envied and feared by the factions on both sides. Even then before the start of the series, Academy City has remained neutral towards Magic side affairs in the city, allowing magicians to enter the city and not intervene with their business even at the cost of lives, and having other magicians deal with magicians without reporting to the magicians if there are third parties involved. As magic still remains hidden to the world thus, much like Oyafune Monaka, almost all of Academy City's residence are oblivious of such areas and would consider them to be another form of esper powers. Only a few, such as Kihara Noukan and Heaven Canceller, are aware of the existence of the magic side.

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Are there any significant differences between reading mangas as compared to watching the animation?
The title says it all.
Personally, I am not fond of reading and when it comes to this, I'd prefer to watch the anime rather than read its manga. However, there are some who prefer reading the manga.
Why is that so? Are there any differences or is it just that one is better than the other at times?

I know some people like my friend think that "Anime" goes too fast and misses some details in the plot.

This question is opinion-based as the preference of manga over anime may be different depending on people opinion (See don't ask). What's more, anime recommendation is not a part of this website. If you desire recommendations, you can come to the chat when you have enough reputation!

Alright, thanks! Anyhow, I really thought, if there are some significant differences between the mangas and animated versions of anime. It seems, its only a matter of personal preference and depends that, in which way an anime is made better.
P.S : Gotta love how everyone is so punctual in their text.

It can also depend on how the Anime/Manga/Light Novel was made. with Shin Sekai Yori many people complain about the Manga adaptation of the Light Novel because it was more fanservicey than the anime adaption while some people don't like the anime of long running series because of the filler episodes

Wish this post would be removed off " On Hold " since the question has been altered in-order to perhaps fit in.

This is highly subjective, but as someone who enjoys reading manga (even when I'm also watching the anime) I'm sure a number of people have reasons similar to mine:

For a long runnning series, the manga is usually farther ahead, so you find out what happens next sooner.
For a long running series, the manga avoids the filler that the anime can sometimes be forced to resort to.
The manga is the original source material, and the anime adaptations are not always faithful. By reading the manga, you are getting the 'real' story.
Similarly, some manga run far longer than the anime adaptations (Claymore, for example.) so the manga is the only way you can get the rest of the story.
Not all manga are given an anime, so by avoiding manga, you may be missing out on a good series.

And of course, there's the obvious one: I enjoy reading.

This answer is short, to the point and consists of valuable points. Hence, voted as accepted answer.

While the preference to read the manga over watching the anime may be opinion-based, there lies within that some facts readily understood outside the anime/manga community.

Some people prefer to read the book instead of watching the movie.

Perhaps they don't have access to the anime/movie.
Perhaps they prefer manga/books as a medium, maybe avoiding their experience of the manga/book being "corrupted" by watching an anime/movie adaptation of it.
Perhaps they feel the need to enjoy this hobby in private and they can't watch an anime/movie with adequate privacy.

Some people prefer to read the book before watching the movie.

Perhaps they prefer to know the manga/book to educate their anime/movie experience.
Perhaps they have greater access to the manga/book than the anime/movie.
Perhaps they couldn't wait to read the manga/book before there was an anime/movie adaptation.

Some people prefer to read the book after watching the movie.

Perhaps they were unaware of the book/manga before watching the anime/movie.
Perhaps they use anime/movie adaptations to educate their selections of manga/books.
"If they can't make an anime/movie adaptation, is it worth it for me to read the book/manga?"
"That anime/movie had an interesting concept. I wonder how the book/manga treats it."
Perhaps reading is difficult (learning disability, non-native language, *et al.*), so watching an anime/movie adaptation reduces the learning curve and gives them greater access to the manga/book.

Some people prefer to watch the movie instead of reading the book.

Perhaps they don't have access to the book/manga.
"I have trouble reading because I have dyslexia."
"I'd rather read the manga in Japanese, but it's hard for me to find it."
Perhaps they prefer anime/movies as a medium.
Perhaps they feel the need to enjoy this hobby in private and they can't read the book/manga (or store it) with adequate privacy.

When the material is in my native language (English), I prefer to read the book before I watch the movie. However, when the material is in a non-native language (Japanese), I prefer to read the manga after I watch the anime, using the anime almost like one would Cliff's Notes. But those are my preferences and their justifications; they may not be yours or your friends'.
This isn't an exhaustive list of justifications or reasons. Feel free to add to them if you want.

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In the case of monster musume there are noticible differences between the manga and anime
As is the case of many series so perhaps people watch for the differences

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Has Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan ever been licensed for US release?
With the popularity of all things made by Miyazaki, has Future Boy Conan ever been licensed for US release?
I know it wasn't created by Studio Ghibli; are there some legal issues that might be preventing it from being released in the US?

In the US, it was released on blu-ray on November 16th, 2021. You can find more information about this release by going to the following page on blu-ray.com:  https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Future-Boy-Conan-The-Complete-Series-Blu-ray/299664/

No, Future Boy Conan has not been licensed within the US.
Although, there has been plenty of speculation as to why this never happened.
Reasons people speculate include:

being too expensive to produce
fear of it not selling
it being too old
general licensing hell

Apart from these speculations, there has never been a conclusive answer, nor has it ever been said that it will never happen.
So it might still happen some day.
Answerman from  Anime News Network also stated the following:

We have no idea what's holding back the show from the US. I used to think a show like this would be a slow seller -- it didn't exactly blow up the fansub scene back in the day, either on VHS or via Bittorrent. But then again, Discotek just hit a home run with their Castle of Cagliostro Blu-ray so who knows -- it might do OK. Regardless, it's not going to happen in the foreseeable future. Throw another one on the "licensing hell" pile, and hope that, someday, something might change.

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How did Terrans gain information about the Mars knights' cataphracts?
After the time skip of 18 months in season 1, the Terrans' knowledge of Martian cataphracts has suddenly increased, so much so that they are able to identify the name of the cataphract and its owner as well.
What led to this intel for terrans?

If you had watched episode 12 of the first season, then you should know that the battle at Saazbaum's Landing Castle ended with the Earth forces' victory. That would mean they obtained all the castle's facilities and all the information contained on that fortress. With Inaho being able to use the Aldnoah Drive, they could have reactivated the fortress and retrieved the information from it, or they just ripped out the hard disks and scanned them for data. However, judging from the fact that Inaho was using his Drive on Deucalion, they most likely just salvaged information instead of reactivating it.


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How did Maria obtain her Gungnir Symphogear?
The Gungnir Symphogear that was used by Kanade shattered, and splinters pierced Tachibana's chest right next to her heart (so close that the doctors did not attempt to remove due to the risks). This gave Tachibana Hibiki the power to summon the Gungnir Symphogear. Supposedly Kanade's pendant dissolved with her physical body, or Tsubasa would surely have retrieved it.
In the second season, when Maria summons the black Gungnir, everyone is surprised that there could be two Gungnir Symphogears, pointing out that Kanade's pendant was supposedly destroyed.
How can Maria have an intact Gungnir pendant? Is it explained how she came to obtain such an artifact?

As with so much of Symphogear's worldbuilding, the answer lies in the keywords.
The notion is that each Symphogear (that is, each pendant) is derived from a fragment of a whole relic that once actually existed. So there was once a supernaturally powerful spear named Gungnir, and at some point, it was broken down, perhaps by being shattered or by simply degrading over the years. Kanade (and later Hibiki) had one of those pieces, and apparently, Maria had another.

In the second season, when Maria summons the black Gungnir, everyone is surprised that there could be two Gungnir Symphogears, pointing out that Kanade's pendant was supposedly destroyed.

This is surprising, for sure. It seems unlikely that their enemy, Maria, would have a Symphogear derived from the same relic that Kanade used. But it is by no means impossible; merely unlikely. As a matter of fact, it was no coincidence that there were two Gungnir Symphogears. Why? Well...

How can Maria have an intact Gungnir pendant? Is it explained how she came to obtain such an artifact?

Remember Sakurai Ryouko? And how she was in cahoots with the Americans (specifically, the FIS)? Turns out, she smuggled fragments of Gungnir from Japan to the US. She and the FIS then developed another Gungnir-based Symphogear over there. And that's what Nastassja and co. took with them when they defected (along with Igalima, Shul Shagana, the damaged Airgetlamh, and the Shen Shou Jing; and probably also some otherwise-unusable relics to feed to the Nephilim).


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Why is it that Goten and Trunks don't have tails?
I don't believe I've ever seen Goten or Trunks with tails, which doesn't quite make sense, seeing as how Gohan had a tail at his birth, and was also half saiyan half human. From what I've read, it's assumed that they were cut off at birth, but I'd like to know officially if that's the case, since the articles I read had no sources. And I'm pretty sure Saiyan tails normally grow back. Is there anywhere in DBZ that they mention the permanent removal of Goten's and Trunks's tails?

A common theory is that Akira Toriyama just didn't want to / forgot that Saiyans had tails. This wouldn't be surprising as Akira makes several other errors/omittances in the series.
Here's an interview segment from him talking about Goku's tail:
Is it true that Goku’s tail was a nuisance?!

It’s true. (laughs)
Goku was originally an actual monkey in the initial sketches, after all. My editor told me, “Without a tail, he has no distinguishing traits,” so I added a tail.
That tail I added was such a nuisance when I was drawing, I couldn’t stand it… so I immediately thought up an episode where his tail gets cut off. (laughs)

It wouldn't be surprising if having gotten rid of the tail that he so hated, he didn't really want to reintroduce it into the story again, so rather he left Trunks and Gohen without one.

There is very little by way of actual evidence to answer this question (for example, in the manga Krillin asks Bulma why Trunks has no tail, and whether she had it removed; she never gives an answer). There is however a lot of speculation on the internets about it.
The closest thing to an official answer can be found in the "DragonBall Daizenshuu 4 – World Guide" databook (1995, Shueisha Inc.), endorsed by Toriyama Akira, which has this to say (on the subject of "Saiyan"):

The tailless second generation are super ultra child prodigies.
Saiyan genes have an extraordinarily good compatibility with Earthling
blood. Because of this, when the two races are mixed together children
with formidable power are born. Particularly, those Halflings born
without tails hide an exceptional battle power. There are many things
that they naturally master from a young age, such as the ordinarily
arduous transformation into a Super Saiyan. In spite of having such an
outstanding battle sense, they do not have a fondness for battle like
a pure Saiyan. Instead, it seems that the violent temperament of the
Saiyan has been relaxed through their Earthling blood.

The text doesn't outright say it, but the strong implication is that a Saiyan/human hybrid is not born with a tail (or at the very least, some of them are born without tails, and those of this category are notable for being extraordinarily powerful).

It may be possible that as soon as Goten and Trunks were born, their tails were cut off right away. (Or, Due to their mother's genes, they didn't have tails) Unlike Gohan who most likely took Goku's genes, had a tail.


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Series where girl will creep people out whenever she tries to smile
I forget if this is an anime or a manga, but it has a girl who, whenever she tries to smile, creeps out everyone around her. However, she can smile when not told to, and this smile is quite nice.
In her class, there is a male and female top of class (decided by grades), and these people get to wear a silver (I think) clip on their uniform, and this clip enables them to get free food from the cafeteria. These people are the class representatives, and they help out with class duties.
However, there is another girl who is jealous of her. This girl had been the top of the class for years. At one point steals the other girl's bag. However she trips and falls onto the male MC. She also declares herself the other female MC's rival, although the female MC does not really notice this.
One final note is that for the first bit in the anime/manga, the female MC would try to smile at her rival, but because her smile is so messed up, the rival would interpret the smile as being condescending.
EDIT: Also, she is quite socially awkward, and she has to look up what it means when she is experiencing certain emotions...like the heart beating fast. She also sends random emojis as well.
Also, this is neither Kimi no Todoke nor Watamote.
Thanks!

apart from the silver clip thingie, this reminds me of Last Game

I can definitely see how it reminds you of Last Game, but the female MC isn't as socially awkward as the one I am thinking of. Thanks anyway!

According to the information you gave, i think the manga you looking for is a webcomic name ReLIFE

The female MC you talking about is Chizuru Hishiro, and here is her lovely smile

Thanks a bunch! I actually realized that I still had ReLIFE open on my computer....-_-
It was weird because all the normal search terms for this type of comic yielded no results.


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What anime features robot armor and reference to "Dell Power"
Can anyone identify an anime from a single episode:
I saw this about 5 years ago at a convention, but it looks to have been produced in the 90's.
People wearing robotic armor compete in some kind of fight. It looks like it just takes place outdoors, not in an arena of any kind.
The robotic suits are brightly colored, this is not an overly serious anime.
There is an old scientist type guy who built the suits for at least the main character's team. There is a guy who fights first, and when he is knocked backward he lands on a girl's lunch (a girl he apparently likes).
He notices tears in her eyes and thinks "she really cares for me! she's crying because I was knocked down!", but then we get the real picture, and she is thinking "oh no, my poor lunch!". Throughout the episode she is sulking because of her broken lunch. She keeps saying things like "my lunch...snif" etc.
After the guy's fight an energetic girl is up next, presumably fighting the same person the guy was (he lost, I think). They do a cheer and say "We'll beat 'em with Dell Power!".
The whole time I thought the anime was called "Dell Power", but when I looked that up I found nothing at all.

Can you tell us the convention? Also, random guess, but "All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku"?

@JavidPack The convention was Anime North, but I can't recall the year. Possibly 2007 or 2008. I don't believe it was Nuku Nuku.

It doesn't list out the shows they played, but you may find the programming pages from the Anime north website helpful in jogging your memory: 2006, 2007

@Etheur thanks, that was one of the first places I checked, and I didn't find anything memory-jogging.

I haven't watched the anime personally, however I came across this anime before and the synopsis fits your discription.
I believe the anime you are looking for is:
 Delpower X Bakuhatsu Miracle Genki!
Synopsis

Manami is your typical schoolgirl, despite the odd machines her grandfather is always building. One day, though, an odd evil robot comes to attack Minami's school, and commits the ultimate offense of threatening her friends... and ruining her lunch. Now, she will stop at nothing to return order to the world in her grandpa's newest creation: the mecha Del Power X.

ANN also describes the loss of her bento:

Hanegi Manami is a junior high school girl with unusual relatives, to say the least. Her grandfather's passion is building unusual things and has just had his latest concoction delivered to their doorstep. The mecha known as Del Power X. With a driver seat specially designed for Manami, its powers are rivaled by no other. Unfortunately, her grandfather's rival Von Getsueru and a plethora of other people are determined to prove that fact wrong, regardless of who is in the pilot`s seat, Manami must fight for love, pride, and above all else, the loss of her precious bento.

Both describe the "old man" as the grandfather who builds stuff, and also made the mecha in question and the girl being upset about her lost lunch. The obvious reference is, of course, "Delpower" probably because it is homophonic to "Dell power" which would be an understandable association.

This is it! I can't believe it! Wealth and glory to you! Thank you! I would have never figured out that "Delpower" was supposed to be one word.


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What does the seal on Meliodas's forehead mean? How did he get this seal?
In episode 5, when the enemy tried to steal his sword, this seal appeared on his forehead.

What does it mean?

I've already read the manga but it doest explain why Meliodas had that seal . -.-

If you read the manga you know what Meliodas really is right?

How Meliodas get this Seal ?

I know already what Meliodas is .

SPOILER UP AHEAD!!!!!

 It is the symbol of the demon clan. Meliodas is a demon. This advancement is explained in the Manga. Although it is hinted throughout the series, but it is never really explicitly shown that he really isn't human until after the Kingdom Infiltration arc has ended. The Ten Commandments, a group of the most fearsome demons are revived. They were sealed 3000 years ago, yet Meliodas knows them all by their names. King confronted him claiming he was a demon. Although he didn't answer, it is obvious from the situation. That also accounts for his never aging body.The Ten Commandments know him well too. And Meliodas actually calls them his brothers in chapter 135. So, yeah, he is a demon. Later on in the manga, his past and identity is explicitly revealed to be one of the Ten Commandments.

So he really is a pureblood demon ? By the way thanks for answering :) It help's the puzzle I'm thinking of now , and the Season 2 of Nanatsu no Taizai is coming up better watch it maybe it will reveal , sorry for the late (smile) So I have a question  every demon had this seal ? or maybe i'll read the manga. Late updates -_-

Not much has been revealed about Meliodas's or other demons' origins. But it does look like he is a pureblood demon like the others. And about the seal, I do remember seeing seals on other demons' faces too. But I think some of them had different seals too. So there might be more than one. Like I said, the demons are still pretty much a mystery. We don't know a lot about them yet.

Meliodas is a full demon, and the eldest son of the demon king. He can be killed (Estarossa stabbed all his hearts) but will come back to life about a month later. I'm guessing each family of demons has a different mark, so Zeldris, Estarossa, and Meliodas have the same thing. Say, Derriere has a different one than them.

 It is the symbol of the Demon Clan.
 Meliodas is a demon. When he uses his demon powers, his eyes turn black and the Mark of the Beast, the symbol of the Demon Clan, appears on his forehead.

The mark signifies that Meliodas and his brothers are from the ruling class as the demon king has the same seal or you could say it’s because he’s the demon King’s son. The marks on the others is a representation of their commandments.

Meliodas is the demon king's unholy knight. He violated demon law by developing an interest in humans and for this betrayal was banished to the human world to live as a normal human.
Something went wrong and deeply weakened the seal that contains his ultimate powers. Little by little his demon powers return. Although he has only a fraction of his power back and it will take millenia for his powers to return in full, it has to make you wonder how strong the demon king would be unless Meliodas IS the demon king himself.

Any source to back this up?


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Romance one-shot about an emotionless girl
This is a romance/shoujo one-shot manga.
There is a girl is considered a beauty but she is also emotionless, because of her lack of emotions she doesn't have any friends. Some girls call her a robot I think. One day a guy from the soccer team , who is also called a 'prince' by other girls, confesses to her but all she does is bow her head and leaves. The soccer guy doesn't give up and becomes friends with her.
I remember one part where she is outside on the stairwell taking pictures of the sky and he asks to join her in taking pictures of the sky. This leads to them hanging out and taking lots of pictures together.
Eventually the girl thinks she's being played after some of the guys friends make a comment about how the prince can get anyone's heart except for hers.
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The manga is Ningyo Hime to Ouji-sama, by KYOUMACHI Hisa.
Synopsis from Baka Updates:

School life becomes too much for Sonohara Kokone when Sei-kun, who is as popular as a real prince at school, suddenly asks her out. They barely know each other due to her doll-like but expressionless features. So, why is he minding her so much!?

this manga is correct because I read it ages ago and remember it. :|

This generic synopsis does not answer whether or not this manga has the features of the girl doesn't have any friends, the prince plays soccer, they take photos of the sky, and the girl thinks she's being played. Please explain more why your answer is correct.

@seijutsu why? Can't people just check the manga for themselves to see if the answer is correct?

@miss.kim.k If everyone did that, this site would have about a tenth of the questions it has today. This is a site dedicated to helping others in those subjects, the answer, as it was posted, doesn't really help OP with figuring out whether your answer is correct or not.

@madara okay den


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Confusion about the naming of Aldnoah Zero's OST/opening/ending song titles
I have a couple of very closely related questions regarding composer Hiroyuki Sawano's choices in naming Aldnoah Zero's OST/opening/ending song titles.
I will be referencing the tracklist for Aldnoah Zero's OST (link here), in addition to some opening/closing songs that are co-composed by Hiroyuki Sawano including "aLIEz", "A/Z", and "&Z".
First, most of the song titles include special/non-alphabetical/non-English characters (even if the title is clearly meant  an actual word like "robot" or "breathless"). Here are some examples:

R零B零T
BRE@TH//LESS
Ch19ヲFIRE★

Why did Hiroyuki Sawano decide to include all the special characters? Is there any significance in using them? To me, they are unnecessary, but I hesitate to claim that they are indeed unnecessary because they might actually have some meaning that I am not seeing.
My other question is why are some song titles seemingly extra-arbitrarily named? I realize that these are songs, so the composer can name them whatever he likes, but some song titles seem completely out of the blue to me.
I realize that there are explanations for the names of some OST tracks in the wiki that I linked.
For example, the song "AD2014-7.5/7.9-零・A" is named because "2014 07-05 / 07-09 [are] ALDONAH.ZERO's air dates on Tokyo MX and ABC respectively".
The explanation tells me WHAT the song is named after, but it does not tell me WHY is the song named after something as arbitrary as an air date for the show. OST track titles usually relate to what the song actually attempts to convey to the listener, or relates to the scene in the animation, but I cannot see how an air date relates to either.
Finally, I do not understand where the openings/ending names come from. What do the names "aLIEz", "A/Z" and "&Z" mean exactly, and why are they named that way?

seijitsu's answer does a good job of identifying what's going on with most of your examples, though I'll add that "Ch19ヲFIRE★" is meant to be read "Chikyuu wo Kasei" (1 = "i", 9 = "kyuu", "Fire" = 火 = "ka", ★ = 星 = "sei", "kasei" = 火星 = "Mars", but "kasei" also = 加勢 = "reinforcements"), which is something like "Reinforcements to Earth".
However, this goes a little beyond the recent-ish fad of including arbitrary typographic symbols for stylistic purposes. There's a broader context to this: Hiroyuki Sawano is a madman when it comes to titling his compositions.
I invite you to consult the track listings for some of his other compositions. For example, Kill la Kill, which has incomprehensible monstrosities like "寝LLna聴9" (no, this doesn't make any real sense even if you've seen Kill la Kill and know Japanese). Or Owari no Seraph, with "1hundredknight:Y" being a number of steps removed from "Hyakuya Yuuichirou" (the protagonist's name). He's been doing this since at least 2011 with Ao no Exorcist, and has only gotten more ridiculous over time. My favorite example of this insanity is "凸】♀】♂】←巨人" from Shingeki no Kyojin, which Sawano indicates is supposed to be read "Kyojin Shinkou", meaning "Advance of the Titans" - but this is actually a pictogram of a series of walls, with a giant (巨人) approaching them. My god!
It's leaked over into his non-anime work, too - the soundtrack for Platina Data had gems like "nf壱III". I haven't seen Platina Data yet, and that probably has no bearing whatsoever on my inability to figure out what this is supposed to mean. He wasn't always like this, though - the soundtrack for Iryuu (the show that first brought him real recognition) is quite tame, with track titles like "unnecessary words" and "Blue Dragon".
According to one tweet of his, it's generally true of his soundtracks that the titles don't really have any deep meaning to them. "Don't think too hard about it", he says.
So, yeah - Sawano is bonkers (he appears to get a good bit of lulz out of doing this), and beyond maybe decrypting his hyper-elaborate punny titles into a comprehensible human language, there is probably not much more to be said here.

The link in the question reveals reading for Ch19ヲFIRE★: translated as "Reinforcements to the Earth" (地球を加勢 not 火星).

@nhahtdh Jesus, another layer on the pun. I'm not sure if they have a source on that claim, but 加勢 does make more grammatical sense, so I'm going to roll with that.

Please see this answer to the question "Why do some works [anime, manga, novels] have a trailing dot?" for the information about Japanese decorative use of typographical symbols such as 「@」,「&」,「/」, and 「★」.
「零」(rei) is decorative but also accomplishes a clever play-on-words. Rei means "zero" and the number 0 looks like the English capital letter O, so the Os of the word "ROBOT" have been replaced with "zeros," befitting the series title Aldnoah Zero.
「ヲ」 is the katakana symbol for the syllabogram "wo." Since katakana is the most-often used Japanese writing system used for words/phrases of foreign origin and is the newest of Japan's writing systems, it can be used to give a sense of newness, trendiness, or forward-ness as opposed to a traditional feeling, which suits sci-fi. It is not terribly strange to use katakana here rather than hiragana even though the word "wo" is a native Japanese participle which is usually written in hiragana as 「を」 as it would be if the phrase 「Ch19ヲFIRE★」 had been written in standard Japanese: 「地球を加勢」（chikyuu wo kasei = "reinforcements to the Earth" featuring another play-on-words in which kasei is pronounced the same way as Ka-sei, the Japanese word for "Mars" =「火星」 in which 「星」 [pronounced sei, hoshi, or shou] is a Japanese kanji character that refers to all celestial bodies — such as planets and stars — and can be tacked onto the end of any planetary body’s name as a sort of suffix to indicate that it is a celestial body... and thereby can legitimately be indicated by 「★」, whereas in English the words and concepts for "planet" and "star" contain no overlap. Nevertheless, it is not a perfectly-executed play-on-words since "reinforcements to the Earth" is comprehensible but "Earth wo Mars" makes no obvious grammatical sense in Japanese).
「A/Z」 is simply an abbreviation of Aldnoah Zero. I would interpret that 「aLIEz」 is meant to be read as "LIE (in between) Aldnoah and Zero" but I have no citation for that.

Note that the link in the question reveals the reading for most of the titles: http://aldnoahzero.wikia.com/wiki/ALDNOAH.ZERO_Original_Soundtrack, including Ch19ヲFIRE★

@nhahtdh, Thanks for pointing that out; I've clarified that item with additional info about 「星」.

I believe that the title "Chikyuu wo Kasei", has a minor meaning to the shown "Aldnoah.Zero" because they mention "19 of the 32 Mars Floating Castles are landing." So if "kasei" is to be read as "Mars" or "Reinforcements" as previously mentioned, then the title could be read as "Mars, to the Earth", or maybe "The 19 Reinforcements". These are just rough translations from gathering what others have said. I claim no statements as 100% my own.
As for "aLIEz", that could be maybe how it is telling how the title of the show is meant to be read. "Aldnoah.Zero" can be seen as "AlnoahLIEZero" or "Aldnoah between Zero". Just a stupid opinion I thought I elaborate on more.


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Help me find this old bloody anime fantasy movie
I have been looking for an anime movie I saw a long time ago for many years now and would be grateful for any help. It was a fairly bloody and graphic movie in a dark style and included female nudity (exposed breasts) and at least one scene with an attempted rape.

The movie was probably from the 80s or 90s
The protagonist was a woman with some sort of magical power symbolized by the metal bronze. The main villain had the 'gold' power and there was a male character with the 'silver' power who helped the main character in the final battle.
There was one scene where another woman is about to be raped by a guard/warrior and the main character runs in without her top on, kills the guard with some sort of blade and then takes something from the room for clothing.
In her initial battle with the gold villain the main character is killed or at least badly injured but then is revived by some power and goes to fight him again.
The gold villain could change his form and in the final battle turned into some sort of giant dragon like monster before the silver and bronze characters killed him working together.

I saw this movie on DVD and I believe it was dubbed. It was probably rented from blockbuster so it had some sort of American release.

Could you be thinking of Legend of Lemnear?
This is a 45 minute OVA that has a female protagonist who is a a champion of silver, there are two other champions as well, one of gold and one of bronze.

From MyAnimeList:

The young and beautiful Lemnear's home village is destroyed and her brother is taken away. Lemnear swears to kill the evil wizard Gardin who is responsible for the disaster. With her allies Lemnear goes on a journey to take her revenge. She doesn't know, though, that there is someone above Gardin...

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This is the one! I must have seen this when I was only six or seven. It hasn't aged that well but this was the first anime movie I ever saw and it's what got me into anime. This was my roots but I never could find it again until now! I'm really glad you found this.

Out of curiosity, had you seen it before and recognized it by the description, or did you do a blind search?

It's on my plan-to-watch list but I haven't seen it yet. I heard that it's not that good of a parody so it's kind of low priority.

Is it Saint Seiya?  The time period matches, the article mentions dragon transformation, and of course bronze, silver, and gold linked powers.

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.

I don't think so. It does have the metal linked powers but I looked at the movies and the style is very different. None of the movies have scenes I remember and it has a team of heroes working together instead of the one female protagonist. There isn't much blood or killing and definitely no nudity. If it helps I'm thinking I could be wrong about the time period. It could have been later (90s and maaybe early 2000s?). Thank you for the help though! This has been stumping me for years.

Heroic Age is 2007, so I'm guessing that's not it... which means there are at least 3 anime with gold/silver/bronze themes. Huh... I'll keep checking.


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Why are there no new chapters of Naruto Gaiden?
There have been only ten chapters and the manga has stopped being published. Why? What about the parts of the plot that have been left unexplained?

What parts of the plot are you referring to?

Ask the Mangaka?

Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring is a sequel mini-series of the original Naruto manga, part of the Naruto Project. The Naruto Project is a special project to celebrate 15 years of the Naruto series.
The Naruto Gaiden acts as a prelude for Boruto: Naruto the Movie.
In Japanese literature, a gaiden (外伝) means side story or tale.

The use of gaiden is commonly used in popular Japanese fiction to refer to a spin-off of a previously published work that is neither officially considered a sequel nor a prequel. However, some gaiden are retold stories in the perspective of a different character, similar to that of a flashback.
Wikipedia

Therefore gaiden is generally consists of only a few chapters.
The unexplained elements in the series might (most probably will) be elucidated in the upcoming series.


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In season 2, how did Koichi manage to obtain Aoi Tsunemori's ear?
Note: The whole post is a spoiler.

How did Koichi come to be in possession of Aoi Tsunemori's ear?
In Episode 9 of Psycho-Pass 2, Koichi Kuwashima gave a present to Akane Tsunemori before turning himself over to MWPSB. That present was revealed to hold Aoi Tsunemori's ear.
Given the circumstances, I assumed that Koichi or Kirito Kamui and company abducted Akane's grandmother, but given Akane's reaction I suppose Aoi wasn't killed up until that time.
However, earlier in the same episode  Sakuya Togane ordered Mika Shimotsuki to determine the whereabouts of Akane's grandmother. Also, in the scene next to Akane's reaction after seeing Aoi's ear, the expressions on Togane's face implied (as I saw fit) that he was involved in that brutal act.
In the last episode, Togane had revealed that he was the one behind the brutal killing of Aoi, whose body was found in Warehouse district (not sure whether it is the same district where she was living; an earlier episode revealed that she was living in a  nursing home with considerable drones guarding the place).
All of this doesn't seem to add up to a coherent plot.

Kirito and company knew where Aoi was living and they were able to hack the drones guarding the place, as witnessed in an earlier episode.
Togane came to know about Aoi's home via Mika.

Following are the two events that I suppose happened in the story but were not revealed and left to ponder:

Koichi or friends stormed the house, took away Aoi's ear, and left off. Later, Togane came and killed Aoi brutally -- too many flaws in this plot.
Alternatively, Togane first reached the house, killed Aoi and left the body in Warehouse district. Koichi or friends later visited the house or the place where the body was dumped, took away the ear, and went off -- I have high hopes with this theory.

There are some theories floating in some places on web that Togane and Koichi were working together, so after finishing off Aoi, Togane handed over her ear to Koichi since both had the intention to blacken Akane's hue. This doesn't follow any logic in my opinion since Koichi remained a loyal friend of Kirito, and Kirito and Togane were enemies.
So, what really happened? Or, what is the most logical conclusion for the story?

Togane wasn't involved in killing Tsunemori Aoi. It was done by Kirito's friends. He said that just to make Akane filled with murderous rage for revenge so that she will turn 'black' like he wanted.

I just checked the last episode again. Kunizuka said to Mika  that as per Kuwashima the person who leaked the location of Aoi was Togane, so my theory still holds here, i.e. Togane killed Aoi and Kirito and friends later picked up the body or at least the ear, unless I'm missing a sufficient evidence that Togane did not kill Aoi.

It's clear that Togane killed Tsunemori Aoi inside the car where she was held as hostage, after the ear was cut off (there's a scene after episode 9's ED). However, based on what I read somewhere, the timeline was: Mika found Aoi's home, Togane captured and cut her ear, Togane gave it to Koichi as a test to Akane (Kamui didn't approve it), Akane's psychopass wasn't affected, Togane killed Aoi. That's one theory I read.

Thanks @AkiTanaka, or should I call you Andrew T. :) I didn't know there was a scene after ending of Ep 9.  That changes the things significantly now. I just re-watched that episode. Your theory seems to be true. Kuwashima received a call when talking to Kirito near a door after massacring the officials, and he said after hanging up the call something like -- I was  skeptical about that information. That said, we just pulled out trump card. Considering the last scene after ED and Kirito's hesitance shown towards Kuwashima's plan, I guess your theory is true. Could you post it as an answer?

What really happened, based on the evidence in the anime was:

[Intro] Togane really wanted to color Akane's Psycho-Pass black.
Togane told Mika to find where Akane's grandmother (Aoi) lived. The plan was to make Akane's playing role as Kamui's killer (by assuming that Kamui did something bad to Aoi, and Akane would take a revenge)
Togane knew that Koichi had a connection with Kamui when Yayoi were doing the investigation.
Koichi received a call, and after the call, he told Kamui that he had a doubt about the intel (possibly Togane), but they got their trump card (possibly Aoi's ear). However, Kamui didn't approve Koichi's plan since he believed that Akane's Psycho-Pass wouldn't be affected anyway. Koichi responded it as a test to Akane.
Akane and her team came, Koichi shown "the vision of hell" to them, and lastly before he gave in, he gave a present to Akane.
[Outro] Togane killed Aoi inside the car where she was held as hostage.

Actually, it wasn't clear who cut Aoi's ear. There are 3 possibilities:

Kamui knew the location in the first place and told Koichi.
After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane came, cut her ear, captured her and gave the ear to Koichi.
After Mika found Aoi's location, Togane told Koichi her location, and he did it instead of Togane.

The first one is impossible, based from Kamui's reaction to Koichi's plan. Second one is the most believable, judging from Togane's act & expression. But the third could be the the truth, based on Aoi's last word to Togane, "Are you one of Akane's colleague?", implying that she never encountered Togane before, and how the cut was taken care off, something that Togane could never do it (he killed anything).

I take it as the final word, unless a compelling and contradictory evidence (as an answer) emerges. Thanks for taking the time to answer. :)


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Are there any Japanese words for "deport" and "incest" that sound similar enough for a bird brain to confuse?
In monster musume, Papi the Harpy confuses the word "deport" for "incest" a couple of times in the English subtitles. I could see "arrest" and "incest", but I am aware the work is not natively English, so jokes like that might come through a bit sideways. Is there a similar sounding pair of words for these two terms to explains Papi's malapropism?

Providing an example of an episode and time when this happens would be great, so we could hear the word being spoken.

@Killua It's in the first half of episode 2, although I'm not sure of the exact time

In Japanese, "incest" is 近親相関 kinshin soukan, while "deport [to one's home country]" is 本国送還 hongoku soukan. These two terms are not similar enough for a reasonable human being to confuse. But for a birdbrain? I'd say it's plausible.
The soukan in the two items are unrelated; they just happen to be homophones.
(She makes this error twice in episode 2 - at 04:12 and 09:01.)


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Bear attacks siege engine (Trying to find name of anime)
I watched a clip many years ago, and I'd now like to try to find the anime it went with. Unfortunately, I lost the clip in a computer transfer, so here's what I remember:

The clip was downloaded around 2005-2007. So the anime would have been made before then. The art was polished enough that it would have been made in the 80s at the very earliest. Probably 90s or early 2000s.
The scene had two people standing near the gate of a castle. They were being attacked by an army, and one of the two people charged into battle. I believe he attacked with a polearm for a few moments first, but the most memorable part of the scene was his transformation into a giant animal (a bear, I think). The transformation didn't get any special scene, it just happened quickly as part of the action. After transforming, he began to wreck the battlefield, including flipping a siege engine.
The animation was more realistic than cartoony (more like Steamboy or Attack on Titan than Azumanga Daioh! or Soul Eater).

I realise this is very little to go off of, but if anyone has any ideas or half-remembered memories, let's see if we can't figure this out, shall we?

If there is a downvote, I'd appreciate a reason why my question is considered unacceptable for this stack. After checking with the rules here http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2472/we-need-to-do-something-about-the-new-users-behind-identification-request-questi/2473#2473, I've verified my question meets the bare minimum for id requests. I'm happy for any constructive criticism, but downvotes without comments gives me nothing I can use to improve my questions.

This is from the anime of The Twelve Kingdoms.
The 'bear' you're thinking of is a hanyuu (those able to turn to human and back), Kantai:

The memorable scene of him flipping the siege engine occurs late during the third arc, A Great Distance in the Wind, the Sky at Dawn (unfortunately, I can't recall the exact episode, but it's almost certainly 37-39.)

Thank you very much! It was in episode 38, 13:03-14:40.


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What was the first anime to come out on Bluray/HDDVD?
The transition to high-definition DVD players isn't fully complete yet, but it's been in transition for a long time now.
What anime was the first to produce a High Definition release for purchase - whether that be the eventual winner of the HD Media War BluRay, or the loser HD-DVD?

I did some research, and it appears this won't be answered with a simple straight answer. This page has all the release dates for Blu-ray disc up-to-date, and this page (and this forum thread too) has all the HD DVD release dates up until the format was discontinued.
The first occurrence of anime in either format is The Ultimate Matrix Collection, released on HD DVD on May 22nd, 2007. This makes it to the list because The Animatrix is included in the collection. If this means the question is answered for you, then no need to read on. If you wanna try to find the first anime title released on its own, read on.
The second occurrence is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, released on Blu-ray disc on August 7th, 2007. It does have a page on MAL, but it may not be regarded as anime by everyone given that it is described on most places (including Wikipedia) as an "American computer-animated science fiction film".
After that come two titles, one in each format, released with very little time difference between them.
First, comes a 1987 movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise, released on HD DVD on September 11th, 2007. It is also known by its Japanese title, Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa.
Just 14 days afterwards, comes Tekkon Kinkreet, released on Blu-ray disc on September 25th, 2007. And here's its MAL page.

It's included in MAL due to the director being Japanese and it's involvement with Sony/Square Enix, although it's very odd to me that something not produced for the Japanese public got a page on there.


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How many chapters does the Toradora! manga have so far?
As stated in the title, I'd like to know how many chapters the manga of Toradora! has so far, up to now.
If possible (but unnecessary) I also wouldn't mind knowing what website(s) I could go to for updates on ongoing manga; not the manga itself, but meaning that the website informs about updates to ongoing manga that have new chapters/volumes released.

Baka-Updates tracks manga scanlation releases for the most part.

According to this list: List of Toradora! there are 81 chapters. If you would like better descriptions of each chapter you can try the wikia on this page: Chapters - Toradora! and select the chapter you would like to learn more about.


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What did Guy say in his fight vs Madara?
If you have seen the English subbed version of Naruto Shippuden, then you probably remember the word "Flow!!!" that Might Guy said just before using Night Guy on Madara. My question is, what does he actually say in Japanese? Using Google Translate, I get "nagare" as the Japanese translation of the word "flow". But it sounds like a one-syllable word in the show.
I think this happened in Naruto Shippuden episode 421.
Here is a clip from YouTube.

Yes, I had that too maybe he was referring to his super power he attained at that moment

it would be much better if you could add video clip , link or episode no with the time , so that it will be easier to look what actually Guy said to Madara

@mirroroftruth : I have added a clip from youtube. You can skip to 4:14. You can find many more clips of guy vs madara on the site.

Around 1:24 of your clip, Guy says 「積」 seki. This is not really a word, per se, but you can take it to "mean" something like "to accumulate" - it is the same character used in the verb 積もる tsumoru, which means just that.
Then, at 4:14, the thing he says is 「流」 ryuu. Again, this is also not really a word, but it is the same character used in 流れる nagareru, which means "to flow".
According to some random blog I found, Guy apparently says the former utterance to build up chakra, and then the latter utterance to release that same chakra. You probably didn't notice, given the prolonged flashback in between the two utterances.

I remember him saying "charge". And the word "flow" when he says it sounds like "hyu" but I couldn't find this word on the internet. I thought it could be "ryu", since I remember seeing somewhere that ryu means dragon. And sorry I dont understand japanese. I cant understand the blog you posted in the link. It's just that I like to say the name of moves/jutsus in japanese... it sounds cooler that way. Thanks for the explanation.

@L16H7 FYI, "dragon" is also ryuu, but it's written 龍 or 竜, rather than 流.

I used google translate on the link, not a good translation though but I think it says about all the names of Guy's jutsu when he opens the gates.


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An anime about a samurai who has extended canines
There's an anime I used to watch about 7 years ago on animax.
I cannot recall it's name.
Some information:

It was about a samurai.
He wore a red dress that covered his full body and draped from his arms.
He has extended canines.
He sports a long grey (or white) hair.
He says something (rather yells) that changes his look or something like that.
He has a hot girlfriend. ;)
He had an enormous sword.More specifically, a sabre.
2 or 3 seasons of this anime aired. There were a couple of movies too.
I remember Animax dedicating a whole weekend to this anime.

If anyone can give me any suggestions, it'd be appreciable. :)

I believe the anime you are looking for is Inuyasha. The anime has lots of episodes, aired on Animax, and he has fangs, red drapes and shouts.

Fangs, Check

Sabre kind of Gigantic Sword, Check

And long red drapes, Check

The only problem is that his girlfriend does not look that hot to me.

Yeah... I was a child then... I agree with you now... She ain't so hot... It's the right answer... I've been trying to remember the name for maybe a year... Thanks so much...

I assumed you were looking for Inuyasha - but he is not a samurai.  He's a Hanyo, or half-demon, and his robes are not the samurai kimono and hakama. As I recall, the robes are made of fireproof silk of some kind; it's been ten years or so since I saw the series so I don't remember exactly what the material comes from.

Let's not be too technical...

Not meaning to be technical, just accurate.  Samurai were real people; demons generally aren't :)

You are right bro... No offense...


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Where should I start the Tokyo Ghoul manga from?
I've finished the 1st and 2nd (√A) seasons and I wanted to start with the manga. So I want to continue it from the part where the anime left off, since I don't want to waste time reading what has been already done in the anime, assuming all the episodes are canon. If they are, which chapter should I start from? Or should I start from the beginning? And one more question, is it a weekly or monthly published manga?

Start from the beginning, they've changed some things in the anime.
(Not to mention that the 2nd season deviated from the manga completely)
It's weekly, and do note that after Tokyo Ghoul, there's Tokyo Ghoul:re.

Re is continuation of Tokyo Ghoul right?

Yes, it continues a bit after.

I also suggest you start from the beginning, not only because they changed some things storywise but because a lot of the small details of the story were omitted in the anime. Those small details will help you to understand the plot better but also play a big role in bringing the characters to life.
Also if you want to watch the Tokyo Ghoul Re anime there are references and parts of the story that you wouldn't be able to understand well without reading the manga. For example, in the Re anime,  Tsukiyama makes reference to activities such as

 playing a match of Squash (a sports game) with Kaneki which was in the manga but omitted from the 1st season of the anime. The fact that Tsukiyama wanted to play Squash also reveals details about Tsukiyama's character: He believes exercising is essential but more importantly it emphasizes Tsukiyama's obsession with contrast in things (food, emotions, activities) since he wants to do something upbeat like playing sports before going to a relaxing cafe. After that, the manga also shows that he likes to drink a cold beverage first and then a hot one which reemphasizes the theme of obsession with contrast.


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In the Overlord LN, how did Shelltear get mind controlled? And by whom?
I read the Overlord LN, but I don't understand how Shelltear got-mind controlled. And who mind-controlled her?
It happens in volume 3, chapter 2, part 4.

I'm not going to write a full answer because I don't have the exact facts in mind, but volume 7's intermission partly answers your question.

Her name was Lady Kaire, but she was injured before she could completely take control of Shalltear and left her in the regular enemy NPC state (I don't do anything until something attacks me mode). As for what she used, in Yggdrasil it would have been a world-level item, but I'm sure they're going to have their own name for it in this new world. PS: World-level items basically make hacks look like child's play, so it was most likely a really long incantation.
Citation: All of this information is available in the last episode of Overlord, on Funimation, a legal site, with reliable translations. Episode 13, the episode in question, is available for everyone to watch, although you will need an account to prove you're 17 or older.  At 19:03, Lady Kaire and what she did is explained by a kneeling knight.  The fact that it is a world level item is said earlier on in the anime by Ains.


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When will the Kizumonogatari movie air?
From what I have read, Kizumonogatari is a prequel for Bakemonogatari, and the movie is reported to be scheduled for fall 2013.
However, Monogatari Series: Second Season was just released this summer (2013), and is still ongoing, so I thought this movie might not be released (again) this fall.
Have they delayed it again?

related http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/18377/why-have-they-been-delaying-kizumonogatari-for-so-long

Update: There's a countdown starting on the official website. Also, a nonfunctional easter egg when viewing the source.

I completely removed the information about Hanamonogatari, otherwise, this Q&A will contain 2 separate questions.

It's #happening!
On October 4, 2015, Shaft announced that Kizumonogatari will be released - not as a single film, but as a 3-film series: Tekketsu, Nekketsu, and Reiketsu. These are the three adjectives that Koyomi uses to describe Kiss-Shot, meaning "iron and blood" (as in Bismarck), "hot-blooded" (emotional, impassioned), and "cold-blooded" (cold, calculating), respectively.
The first movie, Tekketsu, premieres on January 8, 2016. There's a new PV out for it, distinct from the old PV from back in 2011. Premiere dates for the second and third parts are as yet unknown.
There is actually a list of theaters in Japan that will be airing Tekketsu, so I think we can rest assured that this is not an elaborate Shaftian trolling effort.
At the time Tekketsu was announced, no information about outside-Japan airings of the film was made available. However, Aniplex, which is the producer for the Monogatari series, has been fairly good about securing outside-Japan airings for its past films, most notably the three Madoka movies. So there is hope.

This answer is outdated. See Senshins answer.
There is currently no release date for Kizumonogatari. It was listed for Fall 2013, but was removed, so there's no official release date yet.
Source: ANN - Kizumonogatari Film Briefly Listed for Fall (dated 2013-07-31)


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How much does Tessa know about her brother Leonard?
In the first season of Full Metal Panic, Tessa tells Chidori about her brother, who is a Whispered. In the second season (TSR), Chidori comes across Tessa's brother Leonard. When Sagara is talking to Gauron in the second season, Gauron comments that Amalgam has a Whispered in their highest ranks and we see shots of Leonard.
I am wondering, just how much does Tessa know about her brother? Does she know that he is working for Amalgam? And if not, where did she believe he was all this time?

In Episode 10 of FMP, Tessa discusses her feelings of inferiority vis a vis her brother. In the light novel series, it is explained that she is extremely aware of both Leonard's past and that he is working for an enemy organization. E.g. in "Continuing On My Own" he openly battles the Arbalest in the middle of the city and captures Kaname from Sousuke. And for the final showdown between Sousuke and Leonard in the final book, Tessa gives him some words to shout to Leonard at a critical time, revealing to Leonard the extent to which she knows about their family history and his subsequent deeds, distracting and demoralizing Leonard, giving Sousuke the chance to land a killer blow.


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In Full Metal Panic, what does Mithril do with the Whispered they rescue?
In the first episode of the first season, we see a Whispered woman being taken away from a Russian facility. Mithril turns up and secures the area before Sousuke injects a sedative into her and takes her away.
We know that Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa is a Whispered and works as the Captain of the Tuatha De Danaan while Chidori is relatively left to her own life (under protection).
What does Mithril do with the Whispered that they rescue? Are they put to work like Tessa, or are they relocated and kept safe in the same way Chidori is (i.e., allowed to live a normal life, but monitored)?

I have a feeling both Tessa and Kaname are special cases anyways.  They were going to pack up and stop watching Kaname after destroying the Russian lab (didn't they only start actively monitoring her because they suspected she was being targeted?).  And Tessa clearly likes her job, and the relationships she has with her subordinates, so she's not likely being coerced (although I don't know how she got the job in the first place).  Probably, they leave most of them where they are, and may not actively monitor them, although I haven't read the light novels, so...

The Whispered woman you are referring to is Mira Kudan, whom Sousuke rescued in Khabarovsk. She is the only Whispered 'captured' by Mithril of whom we are given any details about her subsequent life. In the light novel series, she at first works in Mithril's engineering division, and helps to build the Arbalest for Sousuke, to thank him for saving her. Later, she is relocated to a secret safehouse where she, presumably, lives out a normal life in peace and calm.
In the final novel, "Always, Stand by Me: Part 2", she and Sousuke are in contact with each other over the internet, and before his final battle she emails him a copy of a video his classmates uploaded wishing him and Kaname a safe return to school. She appears happy and at peace, though still suffers residual trauma from her experiences.
I presume that other rescued Whispered are treated the same way: they can assist Mithril with their skills if they wish, or be put into protective custody where they can live quietly far from any of this.

Bani Morauta is another Whispered that worked with Mithril. He developed the AI system 'AL' for ARX-7 Arbalest. According to his wiki page, he committed suicide right before the completion of ARX-7 Arbalest. He tried too hard to increase his Whispered ability by diving into resonance. He lost his mind at the end.


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In Full Metal Panic, why does Sousuke call Hayashimizu Atsunobu "Your Excellency"?
In Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu?, we see Hayashimizu Atsunobu, the Student Council President. When Sousuke addresses him, he always calls him "Your Excellency" and stands at attention.
He seems totally fine condoning Sousuke interrogating the thug who passed on the message that Chidori had been kidnapped (closing the blinds and not stopping Ren or Sousuke).
While in a school environment, he is a figure of authority, but he is hardly the highest authority with the teacher still above him, and Sousuke never uses similar terms for any teacher.
So why does Sousuke call Hayashimizu Atsunobu "Your Excellency"?

Hayashimizu's shall we say "extraordinary" tolerance for Sousuke's school shenanigans is a separate question, so I will abstain from that and focus on your primary issue:
The short answer is: it's a joke, based on Sousuke's inability to distinguish between the nature of life in the school environment and life in the dangerous geo-politico-military environment in which he's lived his entire life. Hayashimizu is introduced to him as the school's President. In real life, nobody is higher than a President (certainly not any "mere" Teachers!), and so he defers to him accordingly, as if he were the President of an actual country. "Your Excellency" is a formal way to address a President, or any Head of State. The humor comes from Sousuke's exaggerated politeness and formality whenever dealing with somebody who is in reality merely another student, with some extra after-hours responsibilities!
(However, it should be noted that in the light novel, "Continuing on My Own", their conversations show that both have developed a very real and deep respect for the other, based on their history and knowledge of each other's personalities.)

FYI, we generally don't bother putting the name of the anime a question is about into the title, since it's usually made clear by the tags on the question. (Other than that, thank you for the edits and also for the good answers!)

No problem, I'll remember that!


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Why did Wraith disguise herself as a man?
During season 2 (The Second Raid), Chidori is being monitored from afar by a man who we later learn is an intelligence operative by the codename of Wraith. After Sousuke is reassigned, Chidori gets the drop on Wraith and confronts him, but is later shot by Xia Yu Lan.
After Leonard turns up and kills Xia Yu Lan, we find out Wraith isn't dead but that the bullet to the head ripped apart a mask. We see what looks to be a female eye. After the conclusion of the Hong Kong incident, the Mithril intelligence agent who was working with the SRT is talking to a woman who wasn't around before. At the very end, when Sousuke returns to school, this same woman is watching Chidori and Sousuke from afar. Her comments lead us to believe she is Wraith.
Why did Wraith pose as a guy? Was there any benefit to her mission in making people believe she was the opposite gender?

No particular reason is ever given for why Wraith chooses any particular disguise throughout the anime series or novels. Her M.O. involves cycling through an entire range of different disguises, male or female. The overriding purpose is that she blends into whichever environment she is seeking to infiltrate. That, and to ensure her true identity is as concealed as possible: in that case, pretending to be a man is doubly useful, in that it makes her less likely to be identified as the notorious (female) Wraith.

so at the end of the second season was Wraith still in a disguise, just not that of a man?

Wraith was always in one disguise or another, male or female!


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Anime about a girl who escapes torture?
Never got to watch the anime itself but saw a short 2-minute clip on a profile on Facebook like 8 years back, and never got to follow up on it.
From what I remember:

It's about a girl who tortures people in her home.
I remember a scene where this girl almost escapes with a knife, tries to get out the door but is cornered and gets tazed.
She jams her own head into the knife, exclaiming that she won't allow the girl to be the one to kill her.

Pretty gruesome, I know, but I've wanted to watch it for over a year and just can't find out what it is...

Can you (edit your post, and) describe the appearance of the characters you saw?

It's the first season of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
The scene you're describing is in episode 20 (about 18 minutes in).
Shion is the one with the taser. She ends up torturing killing like half the cast.

Rika is the girl who commits suicide by banging her head against a knife.

Yup. A girl ramming her head into a knife is totally Higurashi. @Dark_Web: consider accepting the answer if you think it helped.


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A one shot shoujo manga about a girl who's afraid of boys
I've been trying to find this particular one shot shoujo manga.
It was about a shy girl with short (red?) hair, who didn't really know how to hang out/deal with boys. An upperclassman who had blond (?) hair from the drama club (?) noticed her predicament. He tried to help her out by going on a date with her to the amusement park. The upperclassman dressed up in different clothing for a stimulation, and he went with the cool ikemen image. They both went on their amusement park date, and the girl gradually fell for the upperclassman. Somewhere along the plot, she thought that she had been cured from her androphobia, but it turns out she was still bad with boys, except for that upperclassman.
The last thing I remember from the manga was that the girl found out she wasn't the only one that the upperclassman was helping. He had other girls ask for make-believe dates, so she felt betrayed, and she probably ran away crying or something. In the end, the upperclassman came to her and said that she was the only one for him, and he promised he would never go on make-believe dates again, all that jazz.
The art was shoujo, similar to Shiraishi Yuki's art.
I've been trying to find this manga for the past 4 months, and I don't know if it's real anymore.
If anyone has any idea what manga this is, would you please let me know?

@Matte, THANK YOU SO MUCH! You've made my day >w< Thank you, thank you so much again!!

Is it perhaps Kazekou Engekibu by Asagi Hikaru?

Much to her embarrassement, the shy Mashio-chan wins a set of couple
  tickets for the amusement park. She feels at a loss for what to do
  since she has always been bad with men. So what will happen to her
  when the drama club president Katokura Aki suddenly declares that he
  would erase her awareness...?


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Is avatar Korra bisexual?

They were closer than they should have been and in the final scenes, it wasn't clear if they were just close friends or romantic interests.
A little google search and this is what happens:

There are sources that said the creators confirmed it, but I couldn't find these sources.

Asked and answered on Scifi&Fantasy:SE; Are Korra and Asami a couple?

@Maroon I've opened a new meta discussion here if you'd like to participate. Looking at the review history of the question you linked (thanks for setting me straight on that, by the way), it seems like five people voted to close and then five completely different people voted to reopen. All ten of these people are respected, high-rep users. That suggests there's a pretty deep gulf in the community around this issue.

I have moved a number of comments about whether or not this question should be on topic to chat.

Yes, that's correct.
According to Michael Dante Dimartino's Tumblr (who's one of the main creators of the series), it was confirmed that Korra + Asami is a thing.

Our intention with the last scene was to make it as clear as possible that yes, Korra and Asami have romantic feelings for each other. The moment where they enter the spirit portal symbolizes their evolution from being friends to being a couple.


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Were Judeo-Christian religious references part of the "Akira" movie's original dialogue?
The animated Akira movie (not the manga) contains a number of explicit Judeo-Christian religious terms, in addition to the overall apocalyptic themes. The most prominent of these (from the 2001 dub) are:

When the citizens of Neo-Tokyo see Tetsuo deflect tank shells and
destroy helicopters and tanks, somebody shouts out, "It's the Great
Awakening!" while another says, "Don't be fooled! This isn't the
Rapture! He's a false messiah!"
Later, Lady Miyako appears with her entourage and, during the chaos
of battle, chants, "Burn all the unclean believers of our time! Give
yourselves into the flames, children, you will all be born again.
Consume our hearts! Wash our unclean hearts in the eternal fire!"

While different cuts of the movie may be of different runtimes, the scenes I'm referring to occur from approximately 1:06:00 (Tetsuo walking out of the smoke of the exploding helicopter) until 1:08:00 (Nezu's escape), and then 1:10:00 (Miyako's entourage) until 1:12:00 (Tetsuo destroys the bridge).
Were these religious references, extremely familiar to American Christian society, part of the original Japanese dialogue, or were they 'westernized' for the English dub? What was the meaning of these quotes in the original Japanese context? (e.g., did it refer to messianic figures or raptures etc?)

Would it be possible to give approximate times in the film when those lines occur? I'd like to hear the original Japanese spoken text.

Certainly, @Killua - while different cuts of the movie may be of different runtimes, the scenes I'm referring to occur from approximately 1:06:00 (Tetsuo walking out of the smoke of the exploding helicopter) until 1:08:00 (Nezu's escape), and then 1:10:00 (Miyako's entourage) until 1:12:00 (Tetsuo destroys the bridge). Many thanks!

These were not direct references to Christianity in the original.
When Akira is seen surviving the tank shot, the dialog among the onlookers is:

アキラ様
Lord Akira!
アキラ様の降臨だ
It's Lord Akira's advent/coming!
違う　騙されてないかん　あれはアキラ様ではない
No! Do not be deceived! That is not Lord Akira!
うるせー　アキラ様、万歳
Shut up! Long live Lord Akira!

With the use of 降臨 (kourin, lit. advent), it does sound somewhat... spiritual. But it does not seem to be a direct reference to Christianity at all, rather just the coming of a godlike being—Akira.
The second scenario is mostly the same, in that the subtext is spiritual but not Christian or even really religious.

おお、清浄の炎よ
O, flames of purity!
汚濁の街を焼き払い
Burn down this corrupt city!
我らの穢れた心を焼き尽くすがよい
Burn up our impure hearts!
恐れてはならぬ
Do not be afraid!
その身を炎で清めるのだ
Your bodies will be cleansed by the flames!

There's nothing about being believers or belief, and nothing about being born again.


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How effective was the Geass Canceler?
The Geass Canceller of Jeremiah Gotwald cancels the effects of Geass on people who have been affected.
His Geass Canceller is effective on the people that Lelouch, Rolo, and Charles have cast their Geass on.
But how about with the Geass of Marian, the Knight Of One, and Mao?

As there is no direct evidence to explain how it would affect them I would assume,

With the Knight of One, Bismark, I would dare say he wouldn't see the "before images" thus unable to predict their movement. Considering that he was the Knight of One and had his eye sewn shut, I would assume it wouldn't hinder him all that much not having his Geass as he would have been able to prove himself to others without his Geass (he position of Knight of One may have been just because he's in league with the Order)
With Marian, I dare say it would kill her has it was her Geass which kept her alive in Anya. If she was in her own body she wouldn't be able to transfer her conscientiousness so had the Canceller been in use when V.V attacked her she would have died
With Mao it would be similar to how his Geass Power reacts with those with The Code. Effectiveness depends as Mao became focused on C.C so much because she was the only person he couldn't read the mind of, on the one hand The Order could use it to prevent their secrets being discovered but on the other hand Mao may affiliate himself as a member of the Order because he would be with other people he can't read the minds of, a sense of peace for him

The problem is that the Geass the Canceller dispelled in the series were Geass Powers which didn't benefit the caster directly. with Marian's, Bismark's and Mao's Geass there are sustained effects and they reap all the benefits (ie. Marian can jump bodies, Bismark can just react with foreknowledge and Mao can gain info from other's minds) as such the question needs to be asked how the Canceller would work with them. Would the Area of Effect shown when Jeremiah used it (the blue sphere) apply an "immunity" effect to those in the area or would it only work on who has it equipped.
the one point in the series were we could see wether or not the Canceler applied an immunity effect is when Shirley dies. Lelouch is using his Geass on her but we don't know if it was having any effect on her has his order was to keep her alive when she had been shot and on the verge of death. also if she had immunity to Geass it may have been as a result of her dying, as shown when Euphie was dying and the Geass effects on her was dispelling.
Given that Bismark is in league with The Order there is the chance functionality against his Geass may have been developed as the Canceller worked on the Geass Effects of current members and one person who was their captive (and the children who forced a Knightmare Pilot to shoot his allies during the attack on the Order may have been a by-product of research on Lelouch's Geass given it's similarities).

A very informative answer! I'm confused if Marian would really die, and how long does this Geass Canceler be sustain if it will be used for The Order.

@OdracirPapa well with Marianne its only a possibility that she could return to her original body, wether she could return it or not is another thing as we don't know the full limits to Marianne's Geass, particularly if her spirit can not enter a body it once inhabited in a similar manner to how Lelouch can't use his Geass twice on the same person, if that is the case then her spirit becomes disembodied and who knows what will happen to it after that

(cont.) as for how long the Canceler could sustain itself that is also an unknown. as I have mentioned there is a difference to how Lelouch's, Rolo's and Charles's Geass and that of Marianne's, Bismark's and Mao's. think about Geass like a RPG Status Effect. Lelouch applies a Debuff like Blind or Weakness and the Geass Canceler is like Esuna where it removes the Debuff. Bismark's is like a Buff like a haste or Strength but even if the Canceler acts like Disspell the effect is applied again.

(cont.) the only way to get around that is if the Canceler disables the Geass User ability to use Geass and to me that should have been  the first thing the Order would have done given Rolo's power but we don't see that. however all of this is just speculation as the Canceler was introduced late in Season 2 so we need a Season 3 to see how it can be used further

I see? Geass Canceller cancels the effect of the Lelouch Geass right? So Lelouch can cast again his Geass to the same person which he cast his geass and cancelled by the Canceller (i.e Shirley)

@OdracirPapa that I don't know, Shirley is the only person who we see him try and apply his Geass on again after she was hit with the Canceler but wether it was having an effect or not is unknown. we see no sign that the his order was being applied which could be because the order itself was something impossible to do, because Shirley was dying, because she may still count as having had Geass used on her or she may have been made immune thanks to the Canceler but on the other hand Lelouch's Geass may have worked but because Shirley can't stop death itself then it was just a wasted order

Concluding with your comments, so it is actually cancelled so therefore it can be cast again. Thanks!


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Can you manipulate someone's memories?
So. I now know that you can manipulate someone's thoughts. For example: Naomi Misora.
But what I'm asking myself is, whether or not you can manipulate someone's memories. For example, Bob and John are best friends, right? So what if I write this:

Bob Shneizel forgets who his best friend is, and then dies of diabetes.

The rule was that the Death Note user can make people do anything s/he wants them to, as long as it is possible. For example, let's say Kira wrote

September 7, 2015 8:30 A.M. Mr. A dies of a heart attack in Kyuushu. Mr. A starts running from Tokyo at 6 A.M. on the same day, before dying of said cause in Kyuushu.

Since this is impossible, it won't happen as written. He will still die of a heart attack, but not in Kyuushu. Now, would it be possible for someone to forget his best friend? Yes, it would. Amnesia. If you write it like that, then Bob will experience amnesia before dying from diabetes.


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How did the Yu-Gi-Oh anime differ from the manga?
I was wondering, how does the Yu-Gi-Oh manga differ from the anime? If someone enjoyed the anime would they like the manga?
And were there ever any Yu-Gi-Oh movies?

check out this page for Yu Gi Oh movies, manga and other related media (scroll down to Related media section)

Which Yu-Gi-Oh you're referring to? GX Academy? Original Yu-Gi-Oh? As to whether they'd like the manga too or not, it depends on the person as everyone has their own preferences.

The manga starts with Yugi and the soul inhabiting the enigma being involved in many different disputes on many different kinds of games: from card games, tabletop games, electronic games, video games, lots of gambling and small crimes too.
Then, the card game created for the manga starts being the center piece of the story, with clear rules being developed and all.
The story centered on the card game is the one they adapted into the anime, after removing and altering much of the content at the beginning of the manga.
Also, there are "filler" arcs in the anime - original stories not present in the manga medium.
It is still mostly the same story, so you would like the manga if you enjoyed the anime.
Three animated movies based on Yu-Gi-Oh have been released at the time of writing, according to Wikipedia, with one more to be released in 2016.
There are no live action movies, though.

To clarify before I proceed, I am referring to "Yu-Gi-Oh!" as the story from Duelist Kingdom up until and including the Millenium World arc (including anime fillers in between although my answer does not discuss it). I will not consider the original 7 volumes of the manga, Season 0 of the anime or GX/5D's/Zexal/Arc-V. Basically most the story that involves Yugi and his friends.
In addition to everything Sigfried666 said, a noticeable difference is the maturity levels of the different medium. The manga was intended for an older teenage audience, whereas the anime was made for a younger elementary school audience. So you will see a fair amount of censorship and/or omission in the anime. Depending on your tastes, you may or may not enjoy that. Also the English version, should you decide to watch it, was dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment, so you would see even more censorship in the dub than the sub.
Here are some examples of the changes made in the anime to accommodate the younger audience:

There is blood in the manga, but not the anime.

 Some characters die in the manga, but they live in the anime (but the overall story line of the anime stays true to the manga despite this)

(In the english dub) Some names were changed to be less dark/disturbing. For example, they renamed "Player Killer" in the manga to "PaniK" and they renamed "Pandora" to "Arcana". On a slightly related note to that, many names were changed for the dub too, mainly "Jonouchi", "Honda", and "Anzu" were renamed to "Joey", "Tristan", and "Tea" respectively.
Characters wear more suitable clothing for a young audience.

 (Mai Valentine especially)

There is A LOT of emphasis on the power of friendship and whatnot, so that may bother some people, especially older watchers, as they will quickly notice how much they abuse friendship in the anime (much like Fairy Tail if you are familiar with that). The manga does use the concept of friendship a fair amount, but nowhere near to the extent that the anime does.

Who were the characters that died in the manga but not the anime?

@Thunderforge A little late but two rather major characters to die in the manga were Bandit Keith who Pegasus causes to shoot himself using a penalty game and Maximillion Pegasus who is killed after Duelist Kingdom by Bakura (he was rendered comatose in the anime). Battle City's Arkana also bites it when Marik causes his suicide. The wiki actually tracks the deaths in the series https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_deaths


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What makes New-Types different from "old-types"?
In God Eater, Lenka and Alisa are both apparently "New-Type" God Eaters. Two questions about that:

What makes someone a New-Type? That is, is that how you're born, or can you be made into a New-Type by some sort of surgery/magic/etc.?
Why are New-Types so prized? What can they do that "old-types" can't?

The weapons utilised by the God Eaters, the God Arc(Jin-ki) are split into new types and old types. New types having the ability to transform between a gun and a sword and can convert the Aragami it eats into energy for more bullets. Old types are just Jin-ki that only has one form, a gun is a gun, a sword is a sword.

New types are called new types cause they use a new type Jin-ki. They are the same as normal God Eaters biologically with no other modifications on them whatsoever. They are made into God Eaters by injecting Oracle cells into them, same as the old types. Its just that they utilise a newer weapon.
The God Eaters that can utilise new Jin-ki are prized as to use the weapon you have to be compatible with a Jin-ki to utilise it and those that are compatible with the new types are rare so they are highly prized due to their higher battle prowess with new type Jin-ki.

I see - so the God Eaters themselves are no different; it's just the weapons they use that are different. And when characters call Lenka/Alisa "New-Types", it's really some sort of metonymy, since the things that are technicallty "New-Types" are their weapons, not them themselves.

Yes, the God Eaters are no different biologically for the 1st generation and 2nd generation shown in the anime, however in the game there are the 3rd generation God Eaters who are capable of using the Power of Blood. Also there is Soma, who is a 1st generation God Eater, who was experimented on before he was born, resulting in him being an irregular God Eater as he has the bias factor embedded in his cells, so he does not need injections of the bias factor like other God Eaters and has accelerated healing.

God Arc Definition

God Arcs are mechanical weapons that are infused with Oracle Cells. In
  short, the God Arc is actually an Aragami itself,with an artificial
  man-made core called the Artificial CNS. It is currently the only
  weapon capable of eradicating the Aragami. The God Arc can be
  temporary boosted by devouring an Aragami.
The God Arc is a complex weapon. As it is an Aragami, it is made of
  Oracle cells- the only thing that can harm them. The first form of God
  Arc was in the form of a gun that shot converted Oracle Shots. At
  first, these guns were no bigger than a pistol, due to the cores being
  converted coming from Aragami the size of small mammals. However, with
  these pistols, the God Eaters were able to take down bigger Aragami
  such as Ogretails. In a process similar to natural evolution, the God
  Arcs then evolved to the size seen today. Next in development was a
  God Arc made in the shape of a blade. Typically, blades could not harm
  Aragami due to the bonds between cells being too strong to unbind.
  However, with God Arc blades, Oracle Cells are lined up along the
  blade's edge, which allow the blade to cut the bonds and harm the
  Aragami.

One clear difference from being a New-Type God Eater is that as the name implies, you wield a New Type God Arc which can be wielded either as a gun or a blade.

What makes someone a New-Type?

There are actually two factors:

They are made into God Eaters by injecting Oracle cells into them,
  same as the old types.

God Arc Armlet

Gods Eaters control their God Arcs through their armlets, using intravenously injected Bias Factor as a catalyst. In order to wield a God Arc, Oracle Cells must be embedded deep inside a human body and linked to his nerves: it is essential that his genetic makeup be compatible with the God Arc in question.

Compatibility

It [God Arc] is completely linked to its compatible God Eater; if a God Arc is wielded by a non-compatible God Eater, its Oracle cells will begin to devour them. This is a fact that was, at first, without a single exception.

New-Type God Arcs:
These are the newest type of God Arcs, and people who wield them are called New-Type God Eaters. People who are compatible with these God Arcs are quite rare. Unlike the Old-Type God Arcs, these God Arcs can freely transform between Blade Form and Gun form. New-Type God Arcs exhibit superior power as compared to Old-Type God Arcs.

However, the God Arcs with this function seem to have lower rates of compatibility than others, making Old-Type Arcs still feasible.

Source: God Eater Wikia

Why are New-Types so prized? What can they do that "old-types" can't?

(New-Type God Arc) Recently developed by the Fenrir HQ, these God Arcs can instantly switch between close-combat and long-distance attack mode, a flexibility sure to prove invaluable in various scenarios on the battlefield. However, its conditions for compatibility are more stringent than for Old-Type God Arcs, and Matches are quite rare. Because of this, there are still many unknown regarding the New-Type God Arc's effects on human bodies.

Source: Wikia

Development of New-Type God Arcs
Flaws were apparent in the two separate types of God Arc. The blade type Arc could collect Oracle cells for conversion, but could not fire them; conversely, the gun type Arcs could fire the shots, but had no means of collecting Oracle cells short of refills carried with the God Eater. This was fixed with the development of New-Type God Arcs. These weapons had the functions of both blade and gun, and could therefore fulfill a much more flexible role as melee and long-range platforms.

Source: God Eater Wikia


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Manga where NEET is forced to go to high school to gather information about girl
Here's what I remember (sorry if it's not helping much) :
It's about a NEET who is forced to go to high school by his father to gather some information about some high school girl (I think the girl is probably his father's illegitimate child)

The male MC really likes lollipops, has black typical hair (not long)
It's said in the manga that it's easy for MC to win over a person's heart
His father is a doctor (?), wears glasses, has long white hair (ponytail)
His mother is an owner of a men's club, wears a kimono and has some connection with the police

The the first girl has a part time job at a cafe.
I remember of some scenes where:

The MC wraps himself in a blanket, and then his father came.
The girl gives the MC some bento, the MC gives the bento back along with a lollipop.
MC helps the first girl cleaning the dish in the cafe.
MC talks with some fat guy in a hat (which is stalking the first girl) in a cave
At the end, there's a scene where the manager of the cafe is arrested by police (along with the fat guy) with the help of the MC's mother (wearing a kimono)

Could it be Nakaimo?

sorry guys, i know both and those arent what i meant. thanks anyway. i just read it last month but i deleted my browsing history.

It is Doubt! by Sakuya Amano.
Not to be confused with an entirely different series Doubt by Yoshiki Tonogai
Synopsis

Ichiru Kanzaki is given an offer he can't refuse: to clear his entire debt, he has to enroll in the high school where his father works to track down his father's illegitimate daughter, his own younger half-sister, whom he has never met. But which girl is she?

The description in the question matches the events in chapter 1 of the manga.
Below are two pages towards the end of the chapter, showing the main character's mother and her background (owner of a men's club and well-known by the police).

I was meant to refer to this series, but being unable to check the website directly I just copied the link without knowing what it actually leads to. Didn't think there was another series with the same name.

THANK YOU ! you're a life saver, i've been searching it for a week, looked through nearly 100 page at some manga website. its true at first i thought it was "doubt" which is about a killer wearing bunny mask. again, thank you guys !

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Why do Japanese anime characters shout so much?
I would like to point out this incident from NHK ni Youkoso - Episode 21 (11:12 to 11:34).
The main character Sato is escorting his friend Yamazaki to a subway station to bid final adieu to him. Yamazaki is a game creator (gal games) and MC helps him to create one. I have written below a short piece of dialogue (writing it from the English subtitles) between the two at the subway station:

Sato: Sorry
Yamazaki: If you visit home, be absolutely sure you get in touch
Sato: Sure..
Yamazaki: See you around.
Sato (a bit panicked): Yamazaki..
Yamazaki: Don't let the world beat you, Sato
Sato (this main character seems even more panicked and shouts in Japanese): You are not going home defeated, right?!
Yamazaki chuckles.
  ...
  ..

Now my question to all the fellow members is, why does the character shout here? It seems a bit awkwardly and reluctantly placed. This is one instance which I have cited here but I have seen this sort of thing in other animes before. I can't exactly remember the names.

First off, welcome to Anime & Manga!
Suddenly shouting is a trope used in a lot of media, not just anime & manga.
It is often used in the following scenarios:

In anger: When a character reacts to a situation with rage, much like in real life, shouting can be expected to follow.
In fear or surprise: Again similarly to real life, when taken by surprise, people often exclaim loudly almost reflexively.
For dramatic effect: More often seen in media, when an important event or statement requires additional attention, it is often shouted to give it just that.

The conversation above in particular is likely for dramatic effect - I couldn't say for sure as I don't know the context of the whole show.
See this page for more information.
Also related is this question. Shouting the names of attacks naturally fits into the third option.

I agree it was probably for dramatic effect. Not only was this a dramatic scene, the character who yells, Satou, is high-strung and just tends to yell a lot and get worked up over things. This was extremely true in the manga and novel; less so in the anime, but still not out of character.


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Help with finding this manga about a family of killers who wield scissors?
I can't completely remember the story, but this is the main protagonist:

She is a high school (?) student whose best friend tries to kill her after she's drugged/hypnotized into killing anyone who is a murderer, but — surprise! — she's in fact a murderer who hasn't yet "awakened" to her murderous tendencies.
Another serial killer that wields giant scissors that come apart (it's one scissor by the way) comes along and finds her and tells her that she's now his "little sister" and she's "part of the family", to which she accepts. Apparently, he got lonely being a ruthless serial killer and starts gathering serial killers to form a family. He defends her against people who are hunting serial killers down, and kills the girl's family and drugs the city and that's as far as I've got.

You're probably looking for Zerozaki Soushiki no Ningen Shiken. This is a manga adaptation to NisiOisin's Ningen series, which is a spin-off from the Zaregoto series

Iori is a high school girl who doesn't know what she wants to do with her future, and tends to run away from things. One day, she is attacked by strange dead-eyed people on her way to school, only to be saved by an equally mysterious long-haired man. Later that day, her friend at school, Jion, seems to fall under the same murderous influence. To her surprise, she finds herself capable of defending herself from his violent attack. Afterward, the long-haired man she met in the morning, Zerozaki Soushiki, arrives once more, this time to invite her to become his little sister. What has Iori become involved with, and will she be able to survive this change to her life?