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Who is this green guy?
While watching episode 114 (Erza vs Azuma) I noticed a little green (pig samurai?) guy in the background.  Any idea who or what this is?
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Azuma maybe perhaps?

It doesn't look like Azuma

But wait, there's more. They seem to be a Rave Master reference.

http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Rave_Master

The person (Well technically not people) you spotted are called "easter eggs".

Src from here: fairytail.answers.wikia.com

In every episode, at least once, a little creature is placed somewhere.... These creatures are known as "easter eggs", as they appear in the anime but serve no purpose. They are not part of the plot, nor an important factor in the anime.....

Here is a YouTube video of all the easter eggs that appear in fairy tail. If you want to see the scene that you referred to, just skip to 3:26.

Different types that appear (Sometimes multiple times are)

Green one's with a white square with arms and legs
An Exceed
A little pink mouse

And some others too like these:

Oh yeah, and look, I found the green "easter egg" from the photo you provided too. ^^

I'm amazed I managed to go over 100 episodes without noticing any before.  Thanks for the video.  At 5 seconds in looks to be bigger image of the same character as from the original screenshot.

one of the members of the spriggan 12 has a thing sitting on their sholder that is about the same size but i don't know if it would be him.


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What was Dolcetto combined with?
Dolcetto was a human chimera, a creature synthesized by alchemically combining two or more living beings. What was the other living beings that Dolcetto was combined with?

Are we talking Brotherhood or the 2003 anime here?

In the 2003 Anime

Your question is incredibly vague. Please add more details to the question. I am putting this on hold until you fix it, because right now no proper answer can be given.

@MadaraUchiha I have edited my question.

Dolcetto states he's part dog when he is lamenting about his dog-like loyalty when he goes to aid Greed during the escape from Devil's Nest

I don't recall any of his gang having green hair. But in Brotherhood (and the manga), there were four gang members of Greed's:

Roa: Created by being mixed with an ox or possibly a bull.

Dolcetto: Created by being mixed with a dog.

Martel: Created by being mixed with a snake.

Bido: Created by being mixed with a gecko.

Later, after Greed "changed bodies", he got two new "partners":

Heinkel: Created by being mixed with a lion.
Darius: Created by being mixed with some kind of ape.

Should point out that in the comment the OP does clarify they are talking about the 2003 anime, as such the last 2 are from Brotherhood/Manga only as Greed doesn't changes bodies on the 2003 anime

@Memor-X that's why i asked this

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Why does Mikoto attack Touma?
In the first episode of To Aru Majutsu no Index, Misaka attacks Touma with her Railgun, but she deliberately misses him. After that she attacks him with her usual lighting attack but he nullifies it with his power. But why did Mikoto attack him? It's so unlike her to attack somebody that innocent. (Yes, she does always attack some people, but they usually pick a fight with her first.)

From the narration of the light novel, it implicitly states that they've crossed path with one another sporadically about a month (which ultimately leads to the confrontation that causes a city-wide blackout). A Certain Scientific Railgun, gives a more complete chronicle of how they first met in early June (before the start of the Index).

The two have met before Index, in Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan (A Certain Scientific Railgun) Misaka encountered Touma and his ability to nullify her attack with his Imagine Breaker in his right hand. When Misaka asked how Touma did it he says he doesn't know yet Misaka doesn't believe him.
This annoyed Misaka because she's one of the strongest Espers in the city (one of only a handful of Level 5's) and she's proud of it, Touma is a "Level 0" so he shouldn't be any match for Misaka however she can't win against thanks to Touma's Imagine Breaker and without knowing how it works Misaka can't accept that she is bested by him.
In Index they already know one another, it's just that after Episode 6 of the Index Anime Touma acts as if he doesn't know her because his memory was wiped out from a feather that remained after the effects of St. George's Sanctuary when Index was in Johann's Pen Mode.

but Misaka seems surprise to see her attack didn't work?

Like Memor-X explained, it's because she doesn't know about Touma's imagine breaker. All of her adversaries were able to be zapped up until this point.
Also, she probably attacks him because she knows it won't be effective. Although this is probably more due to her being a "tsundere."

@ShinobuOshino i think i remember Misaka trying something new on Touma with her actual attack and was surprised that with no effort it was still ineffective on Touma. what i do know is that Touma and Misaka already fought in Railgun and Misaka was persistent in having a rematch and it's the reason why she's already familiar with him in Index

@Frosteeze she knows he's got some weird ability to stop her attacks despite being a Level 0, she just doesn't know how it works. i can't remember if she knows it's called the Imagine Breaker or not

Uh.. I need to re watch Railgun because I don't remember it happening there

@ShinobuOshino i read the Railgun Manga up to just after Misaka's fist encounter with Accelerator before ever seeing Index, if my memory serves me right Touma comes to Misaka's aid from a bunch of thugs not knowing who Misaka is and that she could handle herself, Misaka explains she's one of the top espers and goes to prove it but Touma blocks it. someone correct me if i am wrong

@Memor-X This explanation is a little off. Touma only loses his memory in ep06 of Index, which is chronologically after ep01. Touma and Misaka are acquainted for around a month before he loses his memory, during which time Misaka has attacked him a number of times (cf. Railgun ep02), so by the time Index ep01 rolls around, they're both sort of used to Misaka trying and failing to zap him.

@senshin when you say "ep06 of Index, which is chronologically after ep01", by ep01 you mean the first episode of the railgun anime?

@Memor-X No, I mean the first episode of Index.

@Frosteeze: "Thundere", you mean. :)

The actual reason behind Misaka's attacks is quite simple. It is played for pure comedic purposes. Tsunderes act out of character near their crushes - a common trope found in anime.
Basically, Misaka was worried about how a level 0 like Touma could deflect her attacks. She thought that she must be missing something, and the same tactic might be used against her by criminals. Attacking Touma again and again would probably help her realise her probable 'weakness' and whatever strategy he is using (since he never disclosed the truth initially).
Since they became closer, Touma became one upon whom Misaka would vent her emotional frustration, and ends up fighting him. It does not help very much then, when Touma teases her in the process, making her feel more insecure.
The last reason, from Touma's perspective, is bad luck. To Aru Majutsu no Index confirmed that he was BORN to be misunderstood.

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Have characters' voice actors in Fate/ always been the same?
I've been wondering, between Fate/Zero, Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua, Fate/Stay Night (anime), Unlimited Blade Works (movie), Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC and Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA (and to an extent Carnival Phantasm), have the same Japanese voice actors been employed for returning characters (e.g. Saber-Arturia, Gilgamesh, Rin, Ilya, EMIYA)?
Also, if they have remained the same, is there any confirmation that Fate/Hollow Ataraxia on the PS Vita will follow the same trend?

This will only be a partial answer addressing some of the major characters, because there's too many characters in the Fate universe for me to be bothered tracking all of them down. Broadly, though, with the exception of male characters like Shirou and Kiritsugu who are played by women when children and by men when adults, I know of only one case in which different VAs have played the same character in different entries in the Fate-universe.
This one case is that of Sapphire in Prisma Illya. The unfortunate passing of Matsuki Miyu after the airing of 2wei Herz led to her being replaced by Kakazu Yumi in 3rei.

Re: Fate/stay night - the casts of the 2006 anime, the UBW movie, Realta Nua, and the 2014 anime are all the same, at least for the major characters, so I haven't specifically made a note of that in the list below.

Saber (Arturia)

voiced by Kawasumi Ayako in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm

Gilgamesh

voiced by Tomokazu Seki in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra CCC
in Prisma Illya, his child form is voiced by Endo Aya, but the guttural yelling of his black form in the last few episodes of 2wei Herz are also by Tomokazu Seki
does not appear in Fate/Extra

Rin

voiced by Kana Ueda in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm

Illya

voiced by Kadowaki Mai in Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night, Prisma Illya, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC

Archer (EMIYA)

voiced by Suwabe Junichi in Fate/stay night, Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra CCC, Carnival Phantasm
does not appear in Fate/Zero, Prisma Illya

This Crunchyroll article lists some of the voice actors for the Vita port of F/HA; all the ones that are listed are the same people that played those characters in earlier Fate entries. The Japanese Wikipedia article for F/HA also lists some more VAs for F/HA, citing Type-Moon ACE Vol. 9; all of these match up correctly too.
Besides, I don't think it would be in Type-Moon's best interest to change VAs for any of the major characters - imagine what a fit fans would throw if their waifu/husbando got a new VA!

You didn't ask about Tsukihime, but do note that the voice actors for Tsukihime in the 2003 anime all differ from their voice actors in Carnival Phantasm. If the Tsukihime remake ever happens, I suspect that they'll stick with the Carnival Phantasm VAs rather than the 2003 anime VAs.

To correct you, Archer (EMIYA) does appear in Fate/Extra as the Playable Archer however his name was already forgotten by the time he became worshiped as a hero. He recognizes Rin comments about her family and says while Shinji is not the same as the one he knows he is still much the same, he also shows a distrust for Kotomine. His legend in Fate/Extra will differ from the EMIYA from Fate/Stay Night because of the World's Prana already drying up from the 1970's so the Greater Grail in Fuyuki may not have functioned the same way (if at all)

@Memor-X Whoops, you're totally right. My error.

I didn't mention Tsukihime cause then the answer would be even larger with comparisons to characters in the anime, Carnival Phantasm and the in game voices in Melty Blood. i didn't mention Mahou Tsukai no Yoru aswell because i am unsure if it has Voice Acting and there are only 2 characters in there are Aoko (Melty Blood) and Touko (Kara no Kyoukai) which we can compare too

(Very late answer, I know, but I wanted to say this anyways)
Well, this might take a while, so get ready:
As far as Fate is concerned, it's voice cast has surprisingly consistent ever since the 2006 anime... with the shining exception of Bediviere. The guy has gone through (I kid you not) 4 different voice actors. The first was Mamiko Noto in the 2006 anime, then in the PS2 version of Realta Nua Shinichiro Miki (Assassin's VA) took up the role, then in the PS Vita version of Realta Nua, the role was passed on to Mitsuaki Madono (Issei's VA) and finally, in Fate Grand Order the role was passed once again, this time to Mamoru Miyano, and it'll hopefully stay consistent from now on.
There are only two other characters who have changed VAs as far as I can tell. The first is Kuzuki, who is... a bit harder to explain. Basically, for all of the Studio DEEN productions, the PS2 Version of Realta Nua and Carnival Phantasm he was definitely voiced by Kazuhiro Nakata. I also know for a fact that in the second UBW adaptation, the PS Vita version of Hollow Ataraxia and the Heaven's Feel movies he was voiced by Masaki Terasoma instead. Finally, I am also aware of the fact that the late great Unsho Ishizuka voiced him in Unlimited Codes and the Tiger Colisseum series. However I have no idea on whether Nakata or Terasoma voiced him in Emiya-San or the PS Vita version of Realta Nua. I'm gonna throw a gamble and say it was Terasoma for the sake of consistency, but don't quote me on that.
Finally is the matter of Luvia. She's voiced by Yukari Tamura in Realta Nua and Shizuka Ito in everything else. I know, surprisingly easy to explain, right?
Aside from that, Fate's cast has actually stayed very consistent thought.
As for Tsukihime, well, I don't think I even need to mention the mass recast that was done for the Melty Blood games and how we're now stuck with them. The only character to note is Hisui. As a result of Miyu Matsuki's passing, the role has returned to Yumi Kakazu, who  had previously voiced her in the anime that does not exist.
I do however wonder what they'll do with Capslock-Kun. He hasn't had a voiced apparence in a while, so I don't know if they'll recast him or they actually decide to bring Hiroyuki Yoshino back (Which woudln't be that bad of an idea. I mean, Yoshino flat out sucked as Roa, but I actually think he could pull Capslock-Kun off). The former is far more likely, but who knows (And if they do recast him, they better bring in Nobuhiko Okamoto).
Finally is the Kara No Kyoukai cast, which is thankfully easy to explain. From what I've been able to gatter, all of the cast used in Drama CDs previous to the movies' release was different. It was more along the lines of this:
The late great Tomoko Kawakami as Shiki (Passed on to Maaya Sakamoto).
Kentaro Ito as Mikiya (Passed on to Kenichi Suzumura).
Kikuko Inoue as Touko (Passed on to Takako Honda).
Yukari Tamura as Azaka (Passed on to Ayumi Fujiwara).
And finally, Miki Ito as Fujou Kirie (Passed on to Rie Tanaka).
Aside from that, Type-Moon has actually managed to get a rather consistent cast. It's not to the extreme of, say, Square-Enix, but I'm actually surprised it has stayed so consistent over the years (Without mentioning the anime that does not exist).


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What are the instances where a Weekly Shounen Jump serialized manga would not be released in a given week?
What are the instances that there is no manga (like Naruto, Bleach and One Peace) release? Are there certain events that prevent them from releasing? Then what are these events (aside from taking a break)? Is there some sort of calendar of events for this?.

but we had claymore and fairy tail released this week. Are the publishers different for these?

Is there some sort of calendar of events for this?..:)

this question in this time of the year has been asked so many times in so many forums that now half of the world must know about golden week.

@Krazer Is this question about Shonen Jump (the defunct American magazine) or Weekly Shonen Jump (the still-published Japanese magazine)?

@senshin most likely the latter, so the excerpt does need to be change if we decide to keep using the tag.

You have to understand that the manga industry is in fact an industry and normal industry situations happen.
The reasons behind a manga not coming out can be the same reasons some shop or company does not work at certain periods of time, but more specifically I've seen the following:

There is a public holiday for that period in the country of the publishing (e.g. Golden Week).
The author of the manga is taking a break after a two-chapter release. (Which basically means that the author already did this weeks job last week)
The author is on vacation.
The author is on an unpaid leave due to reasons of his concern.
The author is sick and cannot work due to that. (Pretty much calling in sick, in layman terms).

Any other reasons a normal person may not be able to work at a job all also apply here. If by chance there is a public holiday but a chapter still comes out, chances are the author prepared the chapter beforehand, and is enjoying the holiday like everyone else, although it appears that he was "working" that week.
EDIT:
As pointed out by Miharu in the comments below, there also might be a rare situation where a manga which is based on a currently airing anime has caught up to the anime and therefore might take a break to let the anime progress a little further. (Personally I haven't seen this phenomenon though.)

Fair point but you should probably mention a scenario where perhaps e.g. the animes have already caught up to the mangas?

@MiharuDante Since the question appeared to be about mangas specifically, I addressed the problem from a manga industry point of view. What you described is probably more relevant to the anime industry as it could be the anime that has caught up to the manga and therefore has to either make filler episodes or stop airing until the manga progresses further. I personally haven't seen this issue in reversed situations (where the manga is based on the anime) but I'll add it to my answer non the less. Thanks.

I think the latter part is the other way around. Anime is giving manga version time to cope up with the current episode. One sign of this is an episode filler.

The most typical reason is a scheduled vacation. Out of four weeks the year, Japan celebrates major holidays and festivities. Many schools take the week off as a holiday.
At the time of you question is the holiday called "Golden Week." These are the only times that the mangaka can take a scheduled break without taking a hiatus (e.g., taking off the next issue). They called preceding issue (before the break) is a "double issue." Now you may think that a double issue means that since the magazine is meant for a 2-week period, the contents are doubles. That's not the case here. What's implied is that there will be no Weekly Shonen Jump issue in the following week.
There is no Weekly Shonen Jump the last week of December (end of the year; Christmas), 2nd week of January (New Years holiday), first week of May ("Golden Week," a series of holidays), second week of August (Obon).

Here is what I found out, something called a "Golden week".

while your link answers the question, in an occassion when the link is "dead" the answer will be rendered useless. Please include a quotation from the link in your answer and provide the link as an reference.

Actually this is just one. I am asking the instances that a manga is not released.


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What is the paper at Saki's desk in From the New World about?
I've been wondering this for ages:
At the end of From the New World, Saki has this piece of paper on her desk. Below you can see it (and somebody translated them to Spanish).
Apparently these are names, and some of them are followed by a number. Unfortunately I don't recognise any of those names so I'm not sure what is this paper about.
At first I guessed it was some sort of deceased people list (numbers representing their age?). However the fourth name reads "New Yuubari", so it sounds like a place rather than somebody... but it lacks a number, so it could actually be a headline, as in "the following people died at New Yuubari" - same thing for "Shinamoto", which makes sense - but then the first three names lack a headline.
So I'm not sure - what is this paper?

These are all place names. 町 is a marker for a town/block/neighborhood/district or road/street.
夕張 can be pronounced "yuubari." The translators were probably trying to simply the names as if they were actual place names. E.g. "New Amsterdam."
The story is primarily set is 神栖66町 (Kamisu 66th District), there are 8 other districts:

「夕張新生町」（北海道）, Yuubari New District (Hokkaidou region)
「白石71町」（東北）, Shiroishi 71th District (Touhoku region)
「胎内84町」（北陸）, Tainai 84th District (Hokuriku region)
「小海95町」（中部）, Koumi 95th District (Chuubu region)
「精華59町」（関西）, Seika 59th District (Kansai region)
「石見銀山町」（中国）, Iwami Ginzan (Silver Mine) District (Chuugoku region)
「四万十町」（四国）, Shimanto District (Shikoku region)
「西海77町」（九州）, Saikai 77th District (Kyushu region)

These are all named after real life locations, including Kamisu.

Nice! Do we know what was the purpose of the paper?

They're other settlements in Japan (there's 9 of them total), so I assume she's writing stuff about Goma, Akki, etc. to share with other the other settlements.


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How do psychoframes work?
Exactly what are psychoframes? And what advantages does it give the pilot? We see that units that have a built in psychoframe can drastically increase a pilot's abilities, but exactly what does it do? Amplify your Newtype abilities? Mental connection to the control interface to reduce input lag? I feel that this in particular has been left out quite a bit in terms of the development of the series.

From: http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Psycoframe

The Psycoframe is a technology that builds on the brainwave-to-machine code translator known  as Psycommu into the atom-level of the metal frame of a Mobile Suit. This allows a Newtype
  pilot to control the mobile suit as if it were his/her own body with limitations.

Although not very obvious it seems that Psycoframes allow Newtype pilots to have something like a mental connection to their Mobile Suits allowing them to control them as if they were a part of their body.

Any particular explanation regarding the last episode of Unicorn? When it got covered in what appeared to be crystalized metal?

Nope sorry have not watched that episode yet


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Does anime really account for 60% of the world’s animation-based entertainment?
I see some variation of this self-proclaimed unattributed fact on the web:

Anime accounts for 60% of the world's animation-based entertainment. So successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the country.

How true is this fact? What was the original source? What about the other 40%?

It comes from this document published by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) where it says (page 7):

International sales data is not exact, but around 60% of the anime shown worldwide is
  made in Japan, according to a METI report issued in January 2004. Twenty Japanese anime programs
  were being broadcast on American TV as of March 2003.

(Note that "anime" in this context probably means "animation")
The 60% figure was also quoted by Jim Frederick's article in Time Asia "What's Right with Japan":

Pokémon has supplanted Astroboy in the hearts of schoolkids in more than 65 countries, and 60% of the world's animated-cartoon series are made in Japan.

Though, no source was provided.

The number of voice-acting schools was attributed to:

Terumitsu Otsu and Mary Kennard (April 27, 2002). "The art of voice acting". The Daily Yomiuri. p. 11.

Source fetched from the Voice Acting in Japan wikipedia page.

I don't know how to account for the other 40% of animated entertainment. Maybe if you're able to get a copy of the METI report that was issued in January 2004, which doesn't seem to be listed on their website.

I managed to track down a different METI report that also claims that "60% of animation is produced in Japan". Unfortunately, it does not elaborate on that claim. Somebody with access to a proper dead-tree library would probably be able to track down the report in question.


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Can anyone help me identify this Anime piece?
I just picked this piece up and know NOTHING about it except its a Guyver. I'm thinking its a mold. I'm really interested in finding out more about it. Can anyone help me out? Thanks!

Looks like it's part of a vinyl kit for Guyver II:

Thanks! Do you think its a mold or some sort of prop?

It's a vinyl model kit (probably third party) for hobbyists. Basically what is it you get a garage kit with pieces that are uncolored and you color them and customize it the way you want (resin kit and gunpla models are along the same lines as this).

Can you tell me if its missing pieces? Do you have any idea what it's worth?
Thanks again.

It's probably just the head and not much. This site has it on sale for about 16 euros.

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How does Hollow exorcism work?
In Bleach, season 1 episode 3 (around 19:00) Orihime's brother, who is a Hollow, stabs himself with Ichigo's Zanpakuto.
Soul Reapers are supposed to have the power to exorcise the Hollows to send their souls to the Soul Society; however, it is implied here that it isn't necessarily the Soul Reaper who exercises the soul, but rather the Zanpakuto itself.
Is there a clear definition on how this whole process is supposed to work? Or can Hollows just commit suicide with a Zanpakuto and have their soul cleansed as if the Soul Reaper had done it?

In a later episode with that Hollow who has those exploding slugs the Zanpakuto can forgive the sins a soul has committed while it was a Hollow allowing them entry into the Soul Society, it can not forgive the sins committed before hand so murderers and the like even when killed with a Zanpakuto are sent to the Underworld. the Quincy only seek to kill Hollows so their weapons destroy rather than absolve the sins.
What happened with Orihime's brother is apparently an "Exorcism" as Rukia implies there is a difference when Ichigo is about to stop Orihime's brother, i think what she said is on the lines of

There's is a difference between killing a Hollow and exorcising one

i've haven't see the entire series or read further in the manga but from the looks of it it's the difference between a Soul Reaper forcing a soul to be purified and forcing the soul to understand what they have done as a hollow over the soul regaining themselves and learning of the sins they have committed, coming to terms with it seeking purification with their own hands, ie. taking responsibility for their own actions

Okay, that's about what I had imagined happened. I knew that the Quincy weapons only destroyed and that those who committed sins like murder would never be able to be exorcised if they became a Hollow. The part that confused me was that a Hollow was able to 'purify itself', but it makes more sense now, thanks!


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How can I see if legal anime subs are available in a certain language for streaming?
I'd like to watch anime (legally) with French subtitles (while not in a French-speaking region), since I'm trying to improve my French. How can I easily see anime that has French subtitles available legally? Some sites (namely Crunchyroll) have non-English subtitles, but it's impossible to see whether or not a specific series has those non-English subtitles available until I get to the episode page (or possibly a page for the series - I'm not completely sure).
I would like to be able to have sort of list to see whether or not I can watch anime X in language Y (or possibly at least have some way to know this without looking at specific entries for each series). How can this be done? With some languages such as English or Chinese it's generally pretty simple, but with others it doesn't seem as clear.

Related: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/10/02/crunchyroll-launches-streaming-service-in-france

@MiharuDante: Thanks. Weirdly enough though (as someone accessing the site from the US) the crunchyroll.fr site is essentially giving me everything in English....

Each video has a list of available subtitle languages on the sidebar (under the episode name and summary), you just need to click the language of your choice to change the subs to that language. If you're registered you canet the default language under your user setting ("Video Settings").

If you wish to watch anime subbed in French, Wakanim is a service not unlike Crunchyroll for streaming/simulcast anime.

I have found a solution. On Crunchyroll there is a workaround to this.

Step 1
Head over to the footer or bottom of the website. It should look something like this >

Step 2
From the footer, head over to languages in the footer, then head over to the highlighted text which says 'French'

Step 3
After this the page should reload and the animes should now be playing with French subtitles.
Note: Not sure if it will work, but it did work for me. Have a look in the picture below. Try it on Golden Time Episode 24.

This just changes the site language to French. The videos are subbed in English.

@Krazer- I think they are too actually, but it did work for me. Could you try to reproduce what I did in my steps to see if it works for you. I kind of edited my answer, not sure if it will work though.

I see the problem, you need to select the subtitle language from the sidebar ("sous-titres"), so it correctly adds the ssid query string for the language (it defaults to English), e.g., http://www.crunchyroll.com/chaika-the-coffin-princess-/episode-4-the-dragoons-wish-653317?ssid=111083

If you're registered you can save your default language (for video subs) in your preferences.

Yep, this seems to work - the videos sort to only the ones with subs in the appropriate language. Thanks. :)

Follow the above instructions, then view the lineup. When your language is set to French, what you can see in the lineup are the videos available in your region with French subtitles. If you are at the lineup page and flip between different languages at the bottom of the page, you should see different numbers of show for each language ... for myself, in the US, I see:
Continuing Titles: English, 10; Spanish 6; Portuguese, same 6; French 4.
New Titles: English 37; Spanish, Portuguese & French, 33.
But if I accessed the site from Canada, the numbers in the French section would increase, since a few French Language licenses are not available in English in North America but are available in French in Canada.
Also, (1) this is just an automatic filter, so its only as good as the setting of the database, and mistakes are always possible in setting that database up and (2) for devices (Android, iOS, etc.) or for some titles where Crunchyroll has hardsubs (normally in English) you need to also change your language preferences to get the right result.


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Which anime has the most number of filler episodes and the longest filler arc?
Many animes have filler episodes and arcs. So this question has two parts:

Which anime has the most number of filler episodes?
What is the length of the longest filler arc?

You should specify what you mean by "filler". Some people use it to mean "anime content that was not present in the manga", while other people use it to mean "episodes that don't advance the plot".

When a show has no plot arcs spanning multiple episodes (not an uncommon format) and is not based on a source material, wouldn't that make it 100% filler?

@Philipp That would be alternate continuity and is not actually considered a filler.

@senshin the term filler is used for anything that does not relate to the main plot, or generally does not advance the plot. Fillers also occur in manga, and there for I think you might be confusing it with whether it is cannon or not.

Well, if we're going to say that filler means "anything that does not relate to the main plot", that's awfully subjective. Who's to decide what relates to the main plot and what doesn't?

Percentage wise bleach has the most fillers, since it has a total of:

366 episodes

160 filler episodes

which means 43.4% of the anime are fillers.
naruto and naruto-shippuuden combined have

640 episodes
238 filler (1st season 89, 2nd season 149)

which means 37.2% of the anime are fillers.
one-piece has

682 episodes
97 filler episodes

which means only 14.2% of the anime are fillers.
But if you were to look at the sheer number of filler episodes, naruto has more fillers with 214 filler episodes.
And I believe the longest filler arc would be in rurouni-kenshin where the last 35 episodes were fillers.
Source: Own experience, Google, Filler Guide (webarchive)
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"why in your estimation, none of the longer-running series beat out Bleach and Naruto under the definition of "filler" that others already provided above" - seijitsu

Taking a few of your given long running samples such as sazae-san and nintama-rantarou makes the question quite simple to answer.
In the case of Nintama Rantarou non to barely non fillers have been aired. This does not mean it did not have fillers, because they certainly had. They were extras which as far as I know where only available on dvd. Furthermore they did not have a plot/story to follow, which makes the only deviation the moment the story would not be based on the manga, which in almost all episodes is the case. Also with the episode length given in this series 3 episodes would be the equivalent of 1 episode in naruto and the likes, which in this way easily out does this particular one.
In the case of Sazae-san, Sazae-san actually Did not have ANY filler episodes. Long running does not mean it needs fillers, there are several which never got a filler, even though they had a particularly long run time. Here follow a few

GE 999
Hoka Hoka Kazoku
gundam First
Sazae san
Kochi kame
Lupin III
the Super Robot Saga shows [ Maziger z Getta Robo and Grendizer]
Ninja Hitori kun

I completely agree with this, however I'd like to change Kenshin from the longest filler arc, Naruto has nearly a year of fillers at the end of naruto. I belive it was from Episode 143 till 219. This was pretty much a chain of random stories all in a row that had nothing to do with the main story

In order to answer this question sufficiently, please explain why far-longer running series do not beat Bleach or Naruto for largest amount of filler.  For example, Sazae-san at over 7,000 episodes, Nintama Rantarou at over 1,800 episodes, Doraemon, Ojarumaru, Soreike! Anpanman, or Chibi Maruko-chan.

@seijitsu It depends on how you view fillers:  ". A filler episode can be as short as 1 episode, or as long as an entire season of the anime. These episodes were not a part of the original source content's story, and usually serve absolutely no purpose in furthering the main story.". Excluded pokemon on purpose as it can be seen as a real/technical filler.  As some episodes can be classified als half fillers. as for the others, I did not specifically research them, But I do believe the filler count is not that high.

@Dimitri mx, I'm requesting an answer as to why, in your estimation, none of the longer-running series beat out Bleach and Naruto under the definition of "filler" that others already provided above (either "does not further the main story" or "is not from the original manga").  I would be surprised if a lengthy ninja series like Nintama Rantarou has a very low filler count whereas a shorter ninja series like Naruto would necessarily have a far-higher filler count.

@Dimitri mx, In Pokemon's case, if the original source material is the Game Boy game that corresponds to that season of the anime, then any episode that follows the game's storyline (basically: catch all the pokemon before someone else does) would not count as filler, but any anime episode in which no pokemon are caught by the protagonist might be filler.

@seijitsu I hope my edit reflects enough why these shows do not beat the ones previously mentioned. Why I excluded pokemon? the combination of all seasons would definitely beat all of the above mentioned in total filler Episodes, as roughly 30% of each season is considered filler. But would still not have the longest filler arc/continues filler. Nor would it even beat naruto percentage wise when combined.

@Dimitri mx, thanks for the update! I imagine that a nichijou series like Sazae-san may not have any filler, but could you explain why you deem Nintama Rantarou "did not have a plot/story to follow?" I've only read the 1st manga volume & seen a little of the anime, but it seems that there is a main plot of the 3 protagonists (Rantarou, Kirimaru, & Shinbei) becoming fully-educated, full-fledged ninja; in that case, if there's an episode where hijinks ensue but the 3 characters don't progress in ninja skills would be filler. Why do you think the main plot is dissimilar from that of other series?

@seijitsu It is true that a final goal has been set for the series, becoming full fledged ninja. But the story they follow is just, him and his friends attending school, and the activities surrounding this. Furthermore it is more of a gag anime/manga then the other ones. I think it is somewhat comparable with Gintama, all tough personally I think Gintama has more story in the end. Which is also a series which is very debatable whether it is a filler or not.

One Piece is the crooked accountant of anime fillers.  It goes through long periods where each episode only has a few minutes of new material.  The rest of the airing time is consumed by recapping and long intro and ed songs.  It would be interesting to measure the amount of filler or repeated material per episode.  I suspect One Piece will shoot up the charts with that.  We'd have to be more precise about what filler is, though.

@zibadawatimmy We are assuming anime content that was not present in the manga or product that first produced the story line. Op's, Ed's and recaps in before the episode should not be counted in my opinion, as it is not actual part of the currently told story. But maybe creating a meta topic regarding cannon/non cannon, fillers and all such terms and what the scope of these is.

@Dimitrimx I'd say that zibadawatimmy makes a very valid point. While having the least amount of straight out filler episodes, each episode is padded worse than Frieza's "five minutes". Yes, filler is generally used to refer to plots and episodes, but any content that is used to 'fill' in the run time is technically filler.

Detective Conan (Case Closed) has the highest total filler amount of 313 filler episodes out of 811 episodes. Detective Conan has most fillers spread out so it doesn't have very long filler arcs.
Naruto (not shippuuden) has the longest filler arc with episodes 136 - 219 being fillers, which makes a total of 83 fillers in a row. This filler arc ran from 25 May 2005 to 1 February 2007.
Source: Detective Conan
Naruto
Naruto Shippuuden


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What is the music playing in the background of the sad scene in episode 9?
In episode 9 around 2:20.
What's the music playing in the background during that sad scene?

The soundtrack doesn't come out until February 18, 2015.

It is the first track on Disc 1 of Akame ga Kill! Original Soundtrack 1: Le chant de Roma (虐げられた者達の為に), a.k.a. Fallen Heroes.


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What happens if too much is given during a transmutation?
In Brotherhood, during a transmutation, what happens if too much is given as a part of the equivalent exchange? In the series, the brothers lose something each for trying to give too little during the human transmutation attempt to bring back their mom... So what would happen if they give too much? Anything at all?

I suppose if you intended to transmute a kilogram of dirt into a 500 grams of gold, you'd have 500 grams of dirt left untransmuted. But transmutation of more complex objects might work by different rules. Not sure that was explained in the canon.

@Hakase So you are saying it is a process that only uses what is needed should more be present? But then takes from the user a sort of payment when what is provided is not enough?

Btw. we see what happens if someone uses alchemy, gives something but does not get anything: Scar. His arm is for disassembling things and until he gets the 2nd tattoo in Brotherhood, he does not get anything from it. In the original series, it is unclear if that stuff is used for the stone too but this question is about Brotherhood so we have it answered in the show itself.

There is no such thing as "giving too much" here. @Becuzz's answer touches on this, but I want to expand on it as well as talk about the human transmutation.
Giving "too much"
Alchemy (in the FMA canon) is basically chemistry. I will assume anyone reading this has not taken much (or any) chemistry in their life, so I'll try to keep it relatively simple.
Imagine you have a lighter filled with benzene. When you light it, and it starts burning, a chemical reaction is taking place, transforming benzene (C6H6) and oxygen (O2), into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O). You can represent this as an equation showing the "amounts" of each compound required.

What happens if you put in 25 of O2 instead of 15? Simple: the 10 remaining O2 will not be used.
Transmutation, while more complex scientifically, obeys the same principle. If we're transmuting a block of lead into gold, we will get an equivalent amount of gold as the lead that we transmuted. Giving "too much" lead will result in either excess gold (if there is enough transmutation energy), or leftover lead (if it is not transmuted). The amount of gold will always be chemically equivalent to the amount of lead consumed in the reaction.
TL;DR: The chemical amount consumed in the reaction will always equal the chemical amount of the product created.
Human transmutation

In the series, the brothers lose something each for trying to give too little during the human transmutation attempt to bring back their mom

This isn't exactly correct. I get what you're trying to say, but it's not quite accurate.
The brothers gave exactly what they needed to get their mother back, right down to the soul data from their own blood. The reason they didn't succeed is because they could not provide her human life to go inside the body they created (which was actually a pretty good attempt for pre-teen prodigy knowledge of human anatomy). Add to that, of course, that God does not permit resurrection of this human life, and you've got a recipe for disaster.
The reason they lose their bodies proper is because they had to pay a toll to go inside the Gate (yes, against their will, as punishment). In the eyes of the beings overseeing this transmutation, the exchange was equivalent:

The materials (carbon, water, etc.) given were consumed and created the blackened beast.
Edward lost his leg and saw some knowledge within the Gate.
Alphonse lost his body and saw a lot of knowledge within the Gate.
Edward lost his arm and brought back Alphonse's soul from beyond the Gate.

In the end, neither too much nor too little was given, and the transmutation obeyed equivalent exchange.
Related reading

When Edward and Alphonse try to transmute their mother, how come they didn't gain anything?
If the "Truth" didn't exist, would that mean that feats such as Human Transmutation would work?

Thank you @キルア, I read since posting this a little more about why they lost what they did... It seems that Truth, or God, has a sense of humor as to why he took what he did in order to teach them a lesson type thing. I also read some people believe this is why Ed/Al/Izumi can transmute without a circle. Your answer makes sense, I'm surprised I didn't make the connection. Thank you!

What do you mean by God does not permit resurrection? I don't remember this being mentioned in the manga though.

@PeterRaeves Ed and Izumi talk about the fact that their attempts at bringing back the dead through human transmutation would never work to begin with. Given that God oversees all alchemical transmutations, it's just a simple deduction from there.

There's no known case of a successful human transmutation. If you remember, at least on original series, they're some body change (Moving the soul from one body to another), but not transmutation. Probably it's right to tell who "God does not permit resurrection", or maybe it's more correct to tell "There's not a known equivalent payment for a complete life".

I'll cut the part about who has taken how much chemistry but I want to point out that creating gold needs nothing short of nuclear physics.

I don't believe that you even can pay too much.  The law of equivalent exchange would dictate that if you put in a quantity X of dirt and transmuted it to gold, you should get the exact equivalent amount of gold out, no less.
In terms of paying more (as Ed and Al did) there is a fairly good explanation in episode 26 "Reunion".  (Spoilers ahead)

 Ed, Ling and Envy are inside of Gluttony.  Ed explains that a failed transmutation (which I assume would include paying too much, if such a thing is even possible) "ricochets back onto the one that performed it", whatever that means.  To me it sounds like it just doesn't work. Though in this case it sounds like less of "paying to much" and more of "trying to do something that just plain doesn't work."
Ed also gives a very good explanation of what human transmutation really is in that same episode. He states that human transmutation (as they wanted to do to bring back their mom) just isn't a thing.  Human transmutation really involves transmuting live humans, not bringing back the dead.
Later in the same episode, Envy explains that to open the Portal (which is really what Ed and Al did, they didn't actually transmute a human), they have to pay a toll.  In the case of Ed and Al they paid with their bodies/body parts.  In exchange the got to open the Portal and received the knowledge and power that came with it.

If I recall correctly, the gist or moral of the story was that there is nothing that can equate for a human life.  They failed not because they paid too much but because they didn't have anything that was equivalent. I seem to recall giving life with alchemy was something taboo and forbidden.  Mostly because when it would succeed it would only bring forth abominations and was something that could not be perfected.

@mrdanthedeadman I believe that is definitely the moral.  In that episode he goes into a bit more detail as to why they couldn't bring back their mom but Ed was able to pull Al's soul back and stick it in the armor. (Tho it takes a bit of thinking about what he says against what happened to get to the conclusion about why one worked and the other didn't).

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Why is anime produced faster than manga?
Anime is colorful. It has voice and music. It contains tens of thousands of frames. It requires advanced computer software and high level of technology.
On the other hand, manga is nothing but a drawing with pen and pencil.
I would expect manga to be produced faster than anime under these conditions. However, it appears to be not the case. In most long running series, anime eventually catches up to the manga.
Is it because the mangakas are lazy, or is there another reason behind this?

It's one mangaka versus a team. In many cases, the mangaka also has to come up with the story, which the anime production team can just pick up and follow.

Why don't mangakas make a team?

@hkBattousai see here for the process making manga. Some steps only can be done from the creator itself. Story and character for example.

Sometimes they do make a small team (see Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun for example), but I guess usually one person suffices. It probably has to do with cost and quality control (different mangakas have different styles). Once in a while, you do get a thousand people to (re)-draw a volume of a manga.

An episode of anime can contain 2 or more chapter and sometime skip some chapter.

Dude, even hinting pro mangaka to be lazy...

Are you sure? I'm still waiting for s2 or s3 of Haruhi, Higurashi/Umineko, Ouran, NGNL, Baka to Test, Classroom of the Elite, etc. Re 'Why don't mangakas make a team?', try googling the difference between novel writing and TV series/movie writing. Novels are usually individual while movies/TV series are usually teams. Reason: anime/TV series/movies have more stakeholders than manga/novels.

CLAMP formed as a doujin circle and continued working together as a team. A lot of professional mangaka have a team of assistants working with them, although usually only the one lead artist. There are manga adaptations of longer original works which are split into arcs published concurrently allowing multiple artists to work on them (e.g. Ascendance of a Bookworm and Re:Zero).

Mangas are usually written by one person, called the mangaka. The mangaka has to come up with creative ideas, original scenery, character expressions and dialogues while making sure that the story flow is coherent and planning ahead to pick up the story in the next chapter and see if he/she can take it from there. The mangaka first has to draw everything in frames of various sizes (some of which are very difficult to fill due to abnormal proportions [to create effects]), outlines everything and then fills in the ink. Sometimes the mangaka even has to come up with a color cover page/chapter.
Anime production houses employ many individuals who don't have to work around the clock all the time (shifts reduce workloads on individual employees). They already have most of the original artwork from the manga, and they simply have to digitize it and add vibrant colors (not that it isn't difficult). Most voice recordings are done prior to the final graphical rendering.
The mangaka is more likely to be pressurized when trying to meet the next week deadline than anime production houses, because a shortage of ideas is a disaster for the manga but easy to deal with in the anime (just adding a filler often makes it up, regardless of the quality of the content). This means that the mangaka prefers to spend a little more time on the story to think and draw more carefully.
The list goes on and on, but for the sake simplicity, I've decided to end it here. Just a side note that most mangakas work an average of about 18 hours a day (almost no days off), which can't really be characterized as lazy.

Pro mangaka doesn't necessarily work alone. They may hire assistants to help them with background, inking, etc. The mangaka themselves have to come up with the story and the layout, though (character design also, but it is not part of the tasks have to be done every chapter).

Also, anime have a big component of reused stuff. First of all, op & ed. Second, lot of background scenes. On a manga, you normally doesn't see reused stuff, or, at least, they have tiny changes. Also, some anime rely on computer modeling of the characters, because of this, making movement of a character are very simply after modeling these character on the adequate program (And it's a work you do at first, and reuse on all animation process).

A 20-page manga chapter takes a week to produce. And based on the dialogue at the beginning of Shirobako episode 10, given that the script and the storyboard are already complete, 5 weeks is considered a very tight schedule to produce a single anime episode, and 2 months (8 weeks?) is normal. That's not faster than manga. The reason a long running anime can air an episode every week is because they have bigger staff, and the whole process is in a pipeline so they don't wait until the current episode is over to start on the next episode. For example, the animators work on the next episode while the background artists work on the parts the animators just finished.
Anime adaptations catching up to their source material has more to do with the density of the source material as it's produced. For instance, it might take just 4 minutes to read a chapter of BLEACH as it uses large panels that eat up the page count, but the anime has to cover 20+ minutes so they'll adapt 5 chapters. This may be attributed to style, laziness, or the profit the creators get from dragging out a series, if you must.

I think you nailed it with the pipeline work process and the adaptation of 5 manga chapters in 1 anime episode.

To emphasise your point, anime that adapt the manga at a slower rate (say, 1 or 2 chapters per episode) often end up with glacially slow pacing. The archetypal example is Dragon Ball Z.

Essentially mangaka are just inefficient.
This was especially highlighted to me when reading some Chinese comics, where a fast one releases two chapters nearly every day. In color.
You could step in and remove the inefficiencies, but the root cause is that a lot of mangaka reach a point where their story is going nowhere and they reach that point relatively fast.
When that happens, either the mangaka has enough clout to go on hiatus or he hasn't and someone steps in to tell him how to continue the story. Usually by turning it into something formulaic, copying the formula of another ongoing popular work.
A solution would be for manga to copy anime and favor adaptations instead of original works, since if the story is already there, all the inefficiencies could be fixed.
But I guess the way things are everything is still profitable, so no one sees the need to fix the supposed problem.
I'm guessing that the manga industry will be steamrolled by the manhua industry (the Chinese comics) in the next two decades, simply because they release new things faster. So while you wait for the next chapter of your favorite manga, you can read a couple of thousand chapters of a bunch of manhua to pass the time waiting.

I don't follow much manhua so regarding the manhua with releases twice a day, are these full length chapters? i.e. 19 pages a pop i.e. the standard length of a weekly manga chapter? (I believe most manhua I've come across are done as webtoons which makes page count tough to gauge). I'm not a mangaka or anything but from interviews and such it seems 19 pages a week every week is grueling work, I can't imagine doing 14x19 pages a week being feasible.

@Gatchwar it seems by now there are manhua that release three full chapters a day, like Martial Peak. It's created for smartphones in mind, so there's infinite scroll and no pages. But I guess it's around 12-18 pages per chapter if you convert it.

@Gatchwar it is grueling work because mangaka work so inefficiently. For example, they pay too much attention to irrelevant details like backgrounds, while the Chinese just copy paste assets in the background. Manga are higher quality for that reason, but it doesn't really matter if you just want the story and not have to wait ten to thirty years for it to finish. Less is more.

Anime actually take months and months to create. That's why the seasons(spring,winter,fall,and summer)come in handy.Every week they edit it and maybe voice acting. So anime actually takes longer to create then manga


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What is this song playing in episode 5?
Does anyone know what song plays at about 5:20 in episode 5?

I don't believe this piece is on the first OST. It'll probably show up in the second OST, which I assume will be released within the next few months.

That sound track is called Migi's Theme. It was kind of difficult to find the name as there don't seem to be too many hits on the Parasyte OSTs, but here is a YouTube link to it as well.

As the YouTube description indicates, this is a re-creation of the piece by some random guy on YouTube. The name "Migi's Theme" is just the name that the guy gave to the song - not the actual name of the piece.

Yes, however, this is the closest we can get. Even doing a ton of Google searches, there isn't any other hits for this sound track other than Migi's Theme.

That doesn't make it the answer, though. If I were to post my own recreation of the song to YouTube and title it "Florble Glorble Blorble", that wouldn't make the title of the song "Florble Glorble Blorble" - we simply still wouldn't know what it was callde.

True, but it's still a fact that the only info that can be found for the theme is "Migi's Theme." The mass amount of results from Google searches supports this.


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What is the Capture Level of Hungri-la Bird?
I'm watching One Piece anime ep. 492.
There were Capture Levels for each animal shown on the screen subtitled, but the Capture Level of Hungri-la Birds was missing.
What is the Capture Level of Hungri-la Birds?

According to Toriko-wiki it is 3: http://toriko.wikia.com/wiki/Hungry-la_Bird

Make it an answer.

According to Toriko wiki its Capture Level is 3.


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Why does the Japanese version of Mushrambo/Shinzo start at episode 2?
I am currently watching Mushrambo/Shinzo (the Japanese version), and the series starts at episode 2.
The English version of the anime has a different beginning. Why is that?

This seems like it might be an issue with whatever VHS/DVD/etc you're watching this on. Nothing I can find suggests that the Japanese version skips episode 1.

The English version does things chronologically, blending and splicing a lot of events together that were left as flash backs in the Japanese version into the beginning of the English version. So the Japanese one does kinda start at "episode 2", throwing you directly into the action and getting to the boring bits later, at least to my knowledge.

There was actually a different episode 1 dub when it aired on Fox Kids in Australia, which was the first episode in the Japanese one. For some reason, one of the companies may have lost the first real episode 1 english dub and created that patched together Jetix episode to replace it.


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What is the name of the soundtrack playing in One Piece episode 527 when Sanji cries on Fishman Island?

Is there anyone who can tell me which soundtrack this is? I couldn't find it.

It's called Resort Island from One Piece Movie 6 OST.


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How can a death note shorten the lifespan of others?
The use of the Death Note in the human world sometimes affects other humans' lives or shortens their original life span, even though their names are not actually written in the Death Note itself. In these cases, no matter the cause, the god of death sees only the original lifespan and not the shortened lifespan.
We saw, that Misas lifespan was shortened because Light was killed by Ryuk. So this means, that you can shorten a persons lifespan with the death note. So let's say, A has a death note and knows that C wants to kill B with a death note. He writes B's name in his death note, thus preventing him from being killed by a death note. So C, can't kill B with a death note anymore. But since the death note can shorten the lifespan of those, whos name isn't written in the death note, C decides to use Y, to set up a trap. C writes:
Y, Car accident. Dies at 12:30, after he produces a deadly poison, which he injects into the food the person he knows as ''B'' eats. After he did this, he will die 9 days later in a car accident.
So, could C shorten B's lifespan in this way, so that he is able to indirectly kill him?

Writing B name in the DN prevents him from being killed by OTHER DN users. He will die in at most 23 days, killed by A's death note.

This is not shortening B's lifespan indirectly. This is forcing Y to directly murder B, which is impossible. If C wanted B dead, he should just be a man and kill him the old fashioned way.

@PeterRaeves "he should just be a man and kill him the old fashioned way" you said it.

Yes, to the extent of how can you manipulate a person's actions with the DN. (1) (2). But care must be taken not to break the other rules:
In your example, B will die in at most 23 days because A has written B's name in his DN.
But let's assume C wants B dead BEFORE that timeframe.
There is a conflict in the writing C did in the DN:

Y, Car accident. Dies at 12:30, after he produces a deadly poison, which he injects into the food the person he knows as ''B'' eats. After he did this, he will die 9 days later in a car accident.

C's writing may be in conflict with this rule:

If the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not influenced. Even though only one name is written in the Death Note, if it influences and causes other humans that are not written in it to die, the victim’s cause of death will be a heart attack

So it can either be considered as a violation of the rule above (and Y will die of heart attack) or work as intended by C.

It's not shortening B's lifespan, you had to write B's name in the death note to make that happen.
The way you can accidentally shorten someone's lifespan is, for example, killing the police officer that stopped B from getting shot, thus B's lifespan is implicitly shortened to the time where he gets shot.

But why wouldn't it short his lifespan. Y would poison his food, which he knows, that B will eat it on that day.

Because you have to write B's name into the Death Note, so you killed him with the Death Note, you haven't shortened his lifespan.

@DarkYagami by writing B's name in your DN, you at most postponed C's plan by 23 days.

@DarkYagami B's life cannot be influenced directly by another death note. So you need to be able to make a situation where you would write "Y shoots in the air 5 times" and then let the bullet land on B's head or let Y accidentally kill a loved one of B, which might force B to suicide, or something. The whole point of the rule is that you cannot write anything in the DN that would kill B with 100% certainty, because that would be directly killing him. Nobody knew for sure Misa would commit suicide, she could have lived a long and miserable life instead.

@DarkYagami This is what she herself decided, but it was her own choice, unrelated to whatever was written in the DN.

@PeterRaeves So if you would write: Y poisons food which he sends to this adress: blabla 123 street, (B's adress). And if you made sure, that B would eat the poisoned food, would he die then?

@DarkYagami I'm not Oba, but I think that might actually work.


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Is this fluffy thing a rabbit?
In Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka?, Tippy, the creature on top of Chino's head, is introduced to be a rabbit.
Is it in any possible way a rabbit in real life, or is it just another RidiculouslyCuteCritter?

Please only use one tag per series.

@ʞɹɐzǝɹ: I use all those tags to facilitate creating synonyms, since this series is currently not available for tagging here.

But you have enough rep to not only create tags but also create tag synomyns.

+1; I had the exact same question when I watched the series. Plus, it's nice to see Gochiusa get some attention on this site.

Tippy is an Angora rabbit. A popular pet amongst French royalty in the mid-18th century and in Europe in the later part of the century.
A picture of a White English Angora rabbit from Wikipedia:

It was also officially confirmed from this magazine illustration (Japanese) in the Q&A in the lower left corner.

Is rabbit actually an item on the shop's menu?
Although Tippy, an Angora rabbit, is kept as a pet at Rabbit House, and in episode 1, Cocoa ordered for a rabbit out of ignorance, there is no such thing on the menu, since Tippy is obviously not for sale (lol). [...]


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What are the differences between the original Kaito Kid specials vs. the new Kaito Kid 1412 series?
I am currently watching Kaito Kid 1412.
Should I watch the other Kaito Kid anime films?
What's the difference between this version and the 1412 version?
And another question, what's the meaning of 1412?

I think you should probably divide your question into two: one regarding the differences between the two versions of the anime, and another regarding the meaning of 1412 on title of one of those two versions.

There's quite a number of differences from that the new series differs from KID's the older series (OVAs and Conan anime appearances). The older series was more faithful to the manga, while the new series take certain liberties with it's adaptation, including modernizing outdated technologies. The events from the series still pan out like they did, but some of the results happen differently. For the most part, the movies are considered separate from the TV series in terms of continuity.
Like the main series. Detective Conan/Case Closed there isn't much consistency in terms of real-time chronology.
This gallery offers a side to side comparison of the two series.
As for KID's name "1412," it's mentioned that 1412 is the case incident file number, Yusaku Kudo (Shinichi/Conan's father) saw a reporter's hastily scribbled "1412" on a piece of paper and purposely misread it as "KID." Thus, Yusaku unintentionally named the Kaitou Kid his name. This is mention in File 6, Volume 16 of the Conan manga.

What's the meaning of 1412?

Read 1412 as KID.


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Why do many visual novels contain erotic content?
After watching/reading anime and manga, I recently started going into visual novels. One thing that struck me was the fact that erotic content (aka H-scenes) seems to be quite common in the world of visual novels. Examples: Fate/stay night, Muv-Luv Alternative, G-senjou no Maou. Can anyone explain this higher prevalence of erotic content in visual novels, as compared to anime and manga?

classifications imposed on television most likely. Anime is designed for a much wider audience and is normally aired on TV first while Hentai is designed for an adult audience (legally adult normally begins between 18 and 21) and normally strait to DVD. Visual Novels on the other hand are a different media and in a lot of cases their rating are totally separate from the established ratings of film/animation. also Hentai anime/Manga/visual novels are never out on display in shops (to my knowledge) so they don't get as much exposure to the public as what their non H counterparts would get

Because visual novels are spinoff of eroge games. According to wikipedia:
The eroge game (or H-game, hentai game) are introduced into the market (no pun intended) in the 1980's as a means to attract users to the (game maker) company computer platform.
In 1992 the dating sim / love simulators were born, when a company designed the game so the player had to win the affection of the character before gaining access to the H-scenes.
The first use of the term visual novel is in 1996, and from there the erotic material became optional, with the introduction of the all ages versions of the visual novels.
But still adhering to tradition, the visual novels of today still have the H content, though not every one.

Refer to the wikipedia article to more in-depth historical facts, including game titles and company names.

I upvoted @Mindwin's answer because the answer's content is, to my knowledge, absolutely correct.
But to clarify a little more: in the period 1980–1996 or so, the kinds of games that we'd call visual novels nowadays were a lot more like hentai anime. The stories were usually fairly simple and pretty much revolved around a character talking girls into sleeping with him.
But the different types of games mentioned in Mindwin's answer started to converge on each other. My impression, and the Wikipedia page implies the same thing, is that the first eroge which prioritized story over sex was Kanon. In Kanon, the sex scenes can be totally excised from the story without much loss; they're essentially what the authors of How Not to Write a Novel call "benevolent tumors". Pretty soon, other games, such as Type Moon's Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night, did the same thing and made a game with a deep and interesting story that only incidentally contained sex scenes.
Now we're at the point where some prominent visual novels, such as Clannad, have no erotic content at all. Others, such as Little Busters, are released without erotic content and later re-released with erotic content added in. The modern visual novel is sort of an evolutionary crossover between the original eroge, which always had eroticism, and the renai games like Tokimeki Memorial that usually didn't. Its lineage contains games with erotic content, so visual novels are more accepting of erotic content than more mainstream forms like anime and manga. (As Memor-X points out, this is also somewhat inherent to the nature of the media; anime are broadcast on TV and manga are sold in bookstores, so it's harder to sell anime and manga with sexual content unless they have no other purpose for existing.) But because the sexual content of visual novels is typically easy to remove, and because the stories are often unique and compelling, it's common to simply remove the sex scenes and adapt them to anime and manga.

Just with Fate/Stay Night you can also include that it was later re-released to be all ages in the form of Realta Nua with the H Scenes replaced with all ages scenes (Shirou sacrifices his Magic Circuits to Saber's Dragon, Rin uses Runes to from her contract with Shirou, Rin x Ayako dream with Rin/Rider drinking Shirou's blood) and this version has been the basis of the Fate/Stay Night re-re-releases on PC and Vita. with Tsukihime and Kagtesu Tohya, while i am unsure of the original Japanese installation, Mirror-Moon has an option to disable the H scenes


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Which episode of Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood had a lot of transitions with a black screen and white text?
I think it was one of the earlier episodes but I can't remember. Maybe it was during a character's backstory or a flashback but it was only in 1 episode.
There was an episode in FMA Brotherhood where the scene would fade to a black screen with white Japanese text appearing vertically, and then fades back to the story, and the whole process is repeated several times throughout the episode as the story progresses. I thought it was during the Ishvalan extermination episode, but Riza Hawkeye was narrating that part so I don't know what other episode it could be.

I believe you're looking for the Youswell flashback, in episode 38 at around 6:52. This may not be what you're looking for, since it doesn't repeat throughout the episode; however, it's the only one I can really think of.
It starts with a black screen stating １９１４年 (year 1914), followed by ユースウェル (Youswell), followed by various shots of the town and Yoki.

These shots are interlaced with black screens of white text showing the dialog these characters are saying while in the flashback, since Yoki is narrating the scenario.

This is definitely the episode. Thank you for your time. :)


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What exactly is the relationship between Araragi and Shinobu?
Who is the master and who is the slave in this relationship?
Sometimes, Shinobu calls Araragi "master," and sometimes she calls him her "slave/servant."

Shinobu was/is Araragi's master. However, with the events that preceed Bakemonogatari her survival depends on Araragi...so it's almost an interchangeable relationship, depending on how you look at it...in my opinion there isn't really a 'correct' answer.

@Tsugumori-704 That is the answer. It's just in tone with the series' common absurdness.

There will be a lot of spoilers from both the anime series and the Kizumonogatari novel, so if you want to read this answer you have been warned.

 Shinobu, or also known as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade was the one who made Araragi a vampire, during the events that took place before Bakemonogatari (Kizumonogatari, if you want to read the novel). Their relationship has always been weird, and it has been on the extremes from the very beginning. Araragi was willing to give up his life to save Kiss-Shot, and she (even if she doesn't like to admit it) was moved by his willingness to sacrifice himself to save her life. So instead of killing Araragi (drinking his blood to regain close to full power) she decided to risk by making him a vampire and letting herself to become basically powerless. She still had the regeneration ability, but nothing else, no laser beams, no hyper jumps, no strength. She became the little girl we know from Bakemonogatari, but she was still called Kiss-Shot and not yet Shinobu.

 Araragi risked his life again to serve Kiss-Shot and help her regain her full power. She said to him that on the next day, he would be able to turn back into an human, losing all his vampire power, which was exactly what he wanted. She told him that he was only the second minion she created in her 500 years lifetime, and that was why the exorcists (the people that Araragi fought to help Kiss-Shot regain her powers) were astonished by the fact that she created a minion.

 On the next day, Kiss-Shot faked an assault at Hanekawa, Araragi fought back to protect her, but he understood what Kiss-Shot was doing. The only way for him to turn back into human was to drink the blood of his former master (Kiss-Shot) to the last drop, which would result in killing her. That was what she wanted, a clean death which saved Araragi from the world of the supernatural. However, Araragi couldn't just kill her, he started drinking her blood, but not every single drop. Therefore, he lost the majority of his vampire power, and the same happened to Kiss-Shot, who became so powerless that she lost even her name. (She was renamed Shinobu some days later by Oshino Meme).

 So, up to this point, the master was Shinobu - Kiss-Shot, in theory at least. However, both of them were bound to each other and they needed each other to survive, and after becoming a quasi-vampire, their bond became even stronger. If either of them were to die, the other would turn back to their original self: Araragi would go back into a 100% human and Shinobu would return to being the legendary vampire. But she doesn't want that to happen. Although she went to Japan to die at first, now she doesn't want to be alone, and Araragi is actually her anchor to life, while Araragi also needs her powers and her knowledge to help his friends and family.

 So, when you ask who is the servant and who is the master, I would say that we cannot answer, since they both need each other, and they have always needed each other from their first meeting. Even if "theoretically", the former master was Shinobu (Kiss-Shot), and after the Kizumonogatari events it is Araragi, I guess it's not so easy to answer without an explanation.

Hope that helped.


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What is the difference between "arc", "hen" and "season" when categorizing anime series sub-stories?
I always see that different stories in the same anime series are usually called with either "hen", "arc" or "season" as seen in the examples below.

Hen (編)
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken - Stardust Crusaders - Egypt Hen
Alps no Shoujo Heidi: Alm no Yama Hen
Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Gekitou-hen / Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden Junai-hen
Arata naru Sekai: Kako-hen / Arata naru Sekai: Gendai-hen / Arata naru Sekai: Mirai-hen
Arc
One Piece: Arlong Park Arc / One Piece: Sabaody Island Arc
Bleach: Arrancar, The Arrival Arc / Bleach: Arrancar, The Hueco Mundo Sneak Entry Arc
Naruto: Chuunin Exam Arc / Naruto: Pain's Assault Arc
Season
Aldnoah.Zero 2nd Season
Girls Bravo: First Season
Moonlight Mile 1st Season: Lift Off

I observed these differences:
Hen: Always added at the end of the title. Sometimes it is made suffix with a hyphen.
Arc: Used to logically divide long running series.
Season: Always used with a number starting from 1.
Why do they choose one over another? For example, why don't we say "Moonlight Mile: Lift Off Hen" or "Naruto: Chuunin Exam Season"? Is this only a matter of choice or do they differ in meaning?

"Hen" and "arc" are synonymous with one another. The differences between your example for the two is that one is predominately romanized Japanese, while the other is completely in English. For an example, One Piece's 17th Season is the "Dressrosa Hen," it's 9th season is titled the "Enies Lobby Hen."

Adapted content might not start from from the beginning. Such is the case with the HxH 2011 anime, so they include the Arc name to let the the audience know where it's starting off at. Some original anime and adapted don't usually have this because the story arcs aren't that long to merit it (i.e. short arcs) or because the series themselves are short.

Arc is English word and Hen is Japanese. They both indicate storylines (separation by what is happening in story), whereas season is used to split the anime by industry and commercial timeline (commonly by actual seasons: Winter 2015, Fall 2015). Multiple arcs may comprise a single season or multiple seasons maybe needed to finish a single arc.
Take One Piece for example. Season 3 and Season 4 of One Piece anime actually share arcs.


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What causes the androids to realize their sentience?
In the series, it's hinted that something in the cafe Time of Eve causes the robots to develop or realize human-like sentience, even outside of the cafe.
While it's implied that they always had sentience, but was suppressed, as seen in the THX story arc. What caused their sentience to manifest and overcome such suppression?
Was it something that they've always had and something in the cafe "triggered" it (like removing a limiter), or was something added to their programming?

If you watched the Time of Eve movie there is a bit in the beginning with Dr. Ashimori about Shiotsuki's "parting gift." What is it and why is it this particular android at the center of all this?
First a bit of background, if you don't know already,

 Nagi's father is probably Shiotsuki.

Shiotsuki is the creator of the Code:Life AI that runs in all androids that have appeared in the show.
In the beginning scene we see an android is spreading some sort of signal.

The identity of the "centorid" is identified by Setoro. We see the following on Dr. Ashimori's screen.

Note the name on the right. It's Sammy. This is explicitly the same Sakisaka family household android named Sammy that we see throughout the series. Note the user ID and data. It seems that Sammy is a carrier and sender of sort for the signal. It seems to affect other android AI that it comes in contact with.
Its AI is noted to be "code:eve", vs other androids who have "code:life". Unfortunately, its significance was never explained in the story.
Sammy, the cafe, Time of Eve, and Shiotsuki: how does all of this tie in? The code being sent "1138" might shed some light.
In the scene where the illegally dumped old-model vagrant robot Katoran enters the cafe, he scans the board with the rules of the cafe. We see this:

What this signal is, is unclear; but it seems to have a high priority (if not the highest) with the robots' AI. Katoran's HUD displays "1138 THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ORDAR" or something like that. There's also a bit about rejecting "Article 115".
While not explicitly stated it would seem that all modern androids have some sort of suppression circuit ("deterrent" circuit) that limits the capabilities of the AI, preventing them from achieving true sentience. At the end of the movie there is a conversation between Dr. Ashimori and Setoro. They mention "Rule 1138" and "our country's robot force will continue to act upon prioritized orders". They also mention how Code:Life's "suppression reformation" isn't working and that it's all in preparation of "that time".
The reason for that may be related to "Article 115" and related to the incident that Dr. Ashimori mentions (the Tokisaka Incident) was wiped from the record, and those involved put under protective observation.

Nagi is likely very closely related to all of this, and likely the victim of the incident as implied by the still in the ending credits. The incident most likely involved the THX-like model and caused Nagi to be severely injured, causing her to need prosthetic arms and legs plus rehabilitation (see ending credits), and be hospitalized. The incident was then covered up for some reason and certain safeguards were put in place because the use of Code:Life was too widespread to force a recall of androids using the AI.
As for how Sammy is related to all of this, it is implied in the chkdsk scene and passim that the THX-type unit that was involved with a young Nagi (and Dr. Ashimori, who attacked the robot) was rebuild into the Sammy we see, by Dr. Ashimori or Shiotsuki personally.

But for what reason is unclear. In the after credits scene of the movie, we see Nagi talking with a male figure with prosthetic hand and synthesized voice, implied to be Shiotsuki. Shiotsuki mentions that he worries about a certain robot who seems unsure of things ever since they were broken by Dr. Ashimori. The most unsure android from the cast is Sammy, it's implied that he is talking about her.
It's likely that Shiotsuki gave Sammy some sort of unconscious function to broadcast some sort of order to the androids she came across, to come to the Time of Eve, where they would see the signboard. This seems to be developed by Shiotsuki for some purpose. The signboard has a wire that presumably plugs in somewhere so it's likely not an ordinary hand written signboard, even if it appear to be.

The purpose of the signboard, use of rule 1138, and Sammy is unclear. But it seems that through these two devices the suppressed parts of the Code:Life AI is lifted, allowing androids to develop sentience. Shiotsuki mentions that this is not the first time he's attempted this proliferation of AI sentience, he mentions that there has been at least three to four prior attempts, which is implied to have not been successful. Masaki's THX robot might be from a previous attempt. The seaside cafe in the credits might have been one of his earlier attempts.

I believe they are sentient right from the beginning. You cannot have non-sentient android do daily work, because it would be highly inefficient at it. The thing is their freedom is severely limited by rules imposed on them by humans and how humans behave towards them.
The cafe simply removes these limitations, allowing them to behave naturally.

+1 to Euphoric's speculation: limits appear to be more social than operative.

AFAIK, it is never revealed how the androids in Eve no Jikan become, as it were, sentient. The show incorporates Asimov's laws of robotics and a number of sub-plots revolve around how androids are able to circumvent them via loopholes. Extending this to also assume that the androids are in the same universe as Asimov's robots, then they are fitted with highly advanced positronic brains which in some unspecified way, provide them with a form of consciousness recognizable to humans.

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Was all Hitler wanted world peace?
In Chapter 100 of Billy Bat, we are greeted to a flashback in which the fake Chuck Culkin meets up with Hitler in his mansion.  During a discussion about the bat and the power it wields to change time, when Chuck asks Hitler what he'd want if he had the power to change time, Hitler wishes to be accepted into the art academy in Berlin in that timeline.

But later on, in Chapter 142, on his deathbed the fake Chuck Culkin is speaking to Timmy Sadana (who replaces Kevin Goodman) and makes a cryptic reply about a dream the Fuhrer gave up on, and later stating something along the lines of wishing for destruction of the earth.
I'm quite confused and don't particularly understand what this means at all.
Was Hitler wishing for world peace, (by acceptance into art academy he would not become the Hitler we know of), or was he trying to simply end the world, as Chuck states when he is dying, claiming it is the "dream Fuhrer gave up on"?\

This is more of a reference to achieving your dreams. Although Hitler established himself as a dictator and as a result gained a lot of power, the author suggests that he still has a longing and regret for not getting into the art academy. Taking "Billy Bat" back into their own hands is more of a symbolism for having the ability to succeed and conquer your dreams. In this entire manga, "Billy Bat" is viewed as a real thing but I believe that the author is simply using that as a form of symbolism when he wants to make a point. If you have watched the Truman Show, it is like the giant physical barrier that keeps Truman within but actually is symbolism for being trapped in the psyche from all the advertisements, propaganda, and control blinding you from the truth. To clarify, this example is not the symbolism the mangaka is using but the idea behind the type of symbolism he is using.
The only weird part to this is when Chuck says, "If you can do that, then his legacy..." Hitler's legacy isn't exactly peachy and it trails off. Because of this, I am not sure if he was going to say something like "then his legacy would be saved" or "then his legacy would be understood". I believe that this would imply that Hitler's legacy is not actually the atrocities he committed but his ability to follow through on his dreams. However, I cannot confirm this last part.
Let's look at three instances "Billy Bat" is shown in a clear and defined manner (whether in a corporeal form or just a symbol). The first is with Neil Armstrong (Chapter 9: Bat Boy's Great Adventure pages 24 and 25). He is the first person to step on the moon and finds a symbol of "Billy Bat". This is because he had achieved the dreams that he and several other people had and therefore has the "Billy Bat".
The second is with Einstein (Chapters 70: Opposing Billies & 71: Time Travel and Infinite Earths) as he apparently met with "Billy Bat". Einstein was close to achieving his dream as he delved deeper into theories of time and the like but after meeting the "Billy Bat" decides to no longer pursue time travel and admonishes Zofu Sensei for pursuing it instead. Einstein never actually has "Billy Bat" as he did not succeed but because of his potential is able to meet it. Deciding not to complete his dream is most likely because his intellect allows him to see that although with the "Billy Bat" he can achieve his dream, perhaps that isn't the best thing in the long run. It's also where Einstein brings a distinction between the two bats, suggesting that not all dreams are always as great as they seem.
Lastly, we can look at Hitler himself. He uses the "Billy Bat" to realize one of the major dreams he had, but upon achieving it, realizes that perhaps that isn't what he truly wanted. I believe that the whole "destruction of the earth" is more of an idea that stems from the terrible power and evil that can come from the same foundation of what is believed to be good. That is why there are two "Billy Bats" both with an apparently different agenda. I believe that "Chapter 102: Adolf and Hitler" puts a lot of what I am trying to say into context. Sorry for this long answer.

Please consider citing relevant chapters and breaking up your wall of text.


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Who can absorb the Genki Dama?
In the Dragonball Movie, Super Android 13 Goku absorbs the Genki Dama to become more powerful and defeat his rival. Apparently (not sure), something similar could happen in Dragon Ball Super for a preview from the following episodes which was released.
That leads me to the question, who can absorb the Genki Dama? Is only the creator the Genki Dama who can absorb it? Or can someone else with good ki absorb it too?
We've seen in the first Genki Dama Goku made that someone with good spirit like Gohan could bounce the Genki Dama, may be someone with good ki can absorb it too?

So far there has been no reference to another person who can absorb the Genki Dama other than the creator, which happens accidentally in the latest Dragon Ball Super episode. Hypothetically speaking, I don't think a person with good ki can absorb it, although they aren't harmed, A Genki Dama Bomb is still an attack used to defeat foes who's ki isn't 'good', So it is safe to assume that Goku will only use it against people he knows it'll harm. Having someone with good ki absorb it would most probably make them OP so it is probable that it is introduced later in order to defeat a strong character.


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Why is Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg both a Dead Apostle Ancestor and Wizard Marshall of the Mage's Association?
It's my impression that the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors as a group are loosely organized, or are at least affiliated with each other in some way. They're also generally hostile to both The Church and the Mage's Association. Furthermore, Dead Apostles in general have proven to be extremely antagonistic towards humans.
This begs the question: why is Zelretch seemingly tolerated by both groups?
Also worth noting here is that he is described as an ally of humanity and True Ancestors in the Type Moon Wiki. This begs a more general question - how can he be all of these contradictory things at once?

Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg is a Dead Apostle because he fought Brunestud of the Crimson Moon who created the True Ancestors who in turn created the Dead Apostles.
Brunestud is the Ultimate one of The Moon and this one of the Aristoteles called Type-Moon. In the beginning over four thousand years ago he responded to a call from the collective will of the Earth, Gaia, to protect it from human corruption and in exchange Brunestud was allowed to live on the earth.
Brunestud created the True Ancestors based off his image as a natural protective system for the planet and to return it to it's natural state which is why Alaya does not act against them (remember that Alaya is the collective will of humanity which will deploy Counter Guardians to save humanity from destruction). after this he went around challenging other being on Earth and amassing followers in an attempt to eventually take the Earth as his own kingdom.
he eventually attracted the attention of Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg who was already a Sorcerer wielding the Second Magic. in a battle which Kiniko Nasu likes to keep to himself the 2 fought.

He was eventually defeated by Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg wielding Second Magic. He tried to pull the moon to collide with Earth but it was pushed back by Zelretch's magic, so it was unable to affect the planet. With all of his power, Brunestud did not foresee being defeated by a human, but lost to Zelretch due to being too late in understanding the power of Magic, "a rule outside of the rules." Before his defeat, he sucked Zelretch's blood converting him into a vampire.

Source: Crimson Moon - Profile - Background (2nd paragraph)

They're also generally hostile to both The Church and the Mage's Association. Furthermore, Dead Apostles in general have proven to be extremely antagonistic towards humans.

you are right that there is hostility it should be pointed out that the Association wont do anything unless the Dead Apostles risk exposing Magic to the public (as been their stance with their own Magi who can do the most inhuman thing so long as it's not publicly exposing magic) and given what's been happening with Aylesbury the Chruch, knowing full well what the Aylesbury Valesti is for, isn't going to make a movie

Due to the development being funded and developed entirely by human means, the Mage's Association and Church are unable to intervene until the advent of the ritual.

Source: The Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors - Attributes - Aylesbury Valesti (2nd Paragraph)
Obviously though when the ritual starts thew Church will probably get involved and if it's too public that's when the Association will get involved.
as for being antagonistic to humans, not entirely so. for the most part "human" in this case is anyone not either in the Church or a Magus. The Church hunts them down because they don't see them as Human and if they aren't human and can't be controlled they should be destroyed. Also within the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestors there are some who weren't even human to begin with and their origins explain why they would be against humans

Primate Murder is a Beast of Gaia and has the absolute authority to kill humans. it's counted as a Dead Apostle Ancestor because it's under Altrouge Brunestud's control and started to drink blood like it's mistress.
ORT is one of the Aristoteles like Brunestud of the Crimson Moon but he is Type-Mercury having crashed on Earth 5000 years before the Common Era in preparation for the event that would occur in Notes. it's counted in the number of the Dead Apostle Ancestors because it was discovered to have vampric abilities

though there are some Dead Apostle Ancestors who aren't our enemies in a way.

Merem Solomon was turned by Brunestud of the Crimson Moon himself back in the day yet he and Merem feels an immense sense of gratitude towards him since Brunestud actually helped him by turning him into a Dead Apostle, of which he has directed his gratitude towards his golden princess, Arcuied, since Brunestud destruction. also Merem like treasures and joined the Church to access their relics and became the fith out of eight executioner of the Burial Agency and thus hunts vampires. the Church knows he's a Dead Apostle however he is "a non-human who can be controlled", so to speak
Gransurg Blackmore was a Magus who fought and was defeated by Brunestud but survived. Brunestud made him his personal Magus and Gransurg became a Dead Apostle on his own though his magical research. after Brunestud's destruction he's worked with the Association like how Merem works with the Church though at one point the church had sealed him but we was able to escape. unlike Merem he only kills other Dead Apostles if they stray from the teachings or wishes of Brunestud.

while Dead Apostle Ancestors, Merem and Gransurg would oppose Altrouge who generally leads the rest. both worship Crimson Moon as a god and see Altrouge was an impostor and that Arcuied is the true reincarnation of Crimson Moon with Merem even helping her out at times (though Arcuied doesn't know how to respond to his unconditional affection). one of them even hates Altrouge for taking Arcuied's hair (i think Merem).
we also know that Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg is also Dead Apostle and he's willing to help out Magi having appeared during Rin Tohsaka's trail at the end of Heaven's Feel and created Magical Ruby and Saphire for Rin and Luvia.
As for Zelretch's allegiance, it's stated on the wikia that it's to humanity and the nearly extinct race of True Ancestors. while his friend Caubac Alcatraz is a Dead Apostle Ancestor (who like Gransurg became one though his own research rather than being turned) they were probably friends before hand and the 2 were at Arcuied's Coming of Age Ceremony (only Zelretch and Arcuied is shown).
Though whether he'll fight against Aylesbury Valesti is yet to be seen. his wiki page does state that he is

surprisingly meddlesome in worldly affairs

and given that in Fate/Extra the state of the world is suspected to have been the Aylesbury Valesti occurring earlier it might be bad enough for him to interfere. he could also just have the same sorta reason as Merem and Gransurg to fight it just because Altrouge is involved because he acts as a surrogate grandfather to Arcuied though it's not stated what his opinion on Altrouge is

To answer this you have to take into account the origin of the 27 Dead Apostle Ancestor. They were the original Dead Apostles who rebelled and escaped from the True Ancestors (who were based on Brunestud the Crimson Moon, the Ultimate One of the Moon). With time, due to being sealed by the Church or being defeated by other Dead Apostles, their ranks were filled with suitable succesors, including bloodsucking creatures other than vampires and magi that obtained immortality through their Magic Research.
Zelretch is a unique existence, he is a Magician (not a magus), wielder of the Second True Magic, Kaleidoscope, and this was BEFORE he turned into a Dead Apostle, since the 2nd Magic was his trump card in his fight against the Crimson Moon. Before being defeated, Brunestud managed to suck Zelretch's blood, turning him into a Dead Apostle, effectively making him a DA born from the basis of the True Ancestors (and the 3rd seat of the 27 DAA himself). But, even having become a DA, he still behaves as an ally of humanity and the True Ancestors', having been invited even to Arcueid's birth.
Don't forget that the 27 DAA is a loose organization, which counts as part of its members beings such as Primate Murder, the Forest of Einnashe and ORT. And neither Zelretch nor the Mage's Association are actively antagonistic to them. Also, I wouldn't call them extremely antagonistic to humankind, they see humans as merely cattle and slave material, and have their own political agendas to worry about to be concerned with human extermination.

just my personal opinion but i wouldn't count Crimson Moon as a True Ancestor since they can't be interfered with the Alaya Counter Force, the whole point of creating them in the first place. Crimson Moon however if he threatened to destroy humanity i would think would have to deal with Counter Guardians stopping him. though destruction wasn't his goal so he probably flys under the radar

I'm of the same opinion, which is why I never called him a True Ancestor, but the basis of the True Ancestors

oh right my mistake, i missed seeing basis and thought you were calling him a True Ancestor


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How much did Netflix contribute, as part of the production committee, for Devilman Crybaby?
I watched the first few episodes of Devilman Crybaby on Netflix and the animation was really awesome. I know the series was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, a really good animator and director.
However, I think we can all admit the quality of this show is above average. Netflix was part of the production committee and they certainly made a big contribution to the budget to the studio Science Saru.
I'd like to have sourced data on the total budget of the series and the amount Netflix has given.

This data is usually private and not released to the public, for a variety of reasons, unless leaked or the publishers/committees themselves for reasons.

Interesting as it may seem, we likely will never know the specifics, due to the reasons кяαzєя♦'s comment already pointed out.
Non the less, I figured, why not try and ask Netflix themselves?

All though it is not much information, we did however pin down the fact that Netflix only pays for exclusive rights and nothing else.
As the support also suggests, it is somewhat of a trade secret.
I haven't personally tried to mail them as support suggested. However I don't think it is likely that a more descriptive/precise price would be mentioned by the pr team.