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How long does the producing of long run anime take?
I know that this is already asked before in
How long does producing a cour take?
But I assume that it's only related to the seasonal anime that appear once per season (except when it already has a sequel).
Does the production of the long run anime series like One piece, Bleach, HunterxHunter, Naruto, Toriko, and Detective Conan take the same amount of time?
I think this question is different from the question I mentioned before. As it only covers cours.

I believe the actual production is similar except multiple processes work simultaneously in a never ending kind of way. The following image illustrates my point in a super simplistic manner. The workflow is enhanced/compressed as needed typically.
Click for full size Image Source: https://twitter.com/Winny_BayDay/status/750061410210553856[![enter image description here]2]2
Hence all the steps are the same. but instead the writing team has to adapt to source material pacing and accordingly adjust. The enhanced workload in a long running anime may be the reason that we witness subpar animation unlike movies or short cour anime. As shown in the anime Shirabako (Production Schedule) each episode can take months to be ready!
I would like to add that the hectic schedule, messy pacing and need for breaks has what transformed traditional long running anime series to being released over multiple seasons like JoJo and Boku no Hero . (Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days?)
Will try to find a relevant example schedule, but didn't turn up much on the first search. Cheers!


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Why is "bioroide/bioroido/bioroid" used in different animes?
In the 1984 anime series Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross, there are some alien mechas called "bioroid/bioroido/bioloyd" (depending on the translation) Bioroids SDC. In Appleseed there is an artificial species called bioroide Appleseed Bioroid. And apparently in this anime I don't know Armitage III there is also a song called Bioroid so I assume there is something called Bioroid in this anime. Where does this word come from? Does it come from anime, does it come from japanese or does it come from sci-fi? Personally I've only heard it in japanese animes.

Bioroid is a word depicting a artificially created, cybernetic or biologically organism. Where the roid stands for android and bio for bio.
This term is mainly used within the sci-fi genres, one which is broadly covered by anime's as well.
So to to answer your question Why is “bioroide/bioroido/bioroid” used in different animes?
It is term used within the sci-fi genre to depict artificially created cybernetics.

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What is the music at season 3 episode 10 at 16:40 when bakugou flies towards kirishima?
What is the music that started playing at 16:40 when Bakugou starts flying toward Kirishima at season 3 episode 10

That song is called Trinity and it is from My Hero Academia 2 Original Soundtrack Disk 2
You can hear it here.

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Can Ryuk be killed with the Death Note?
After watching the Netflix Death Note movie I was left with a interesting question.
During the movie (from memory)

Light; What if I write your name into the death note?
Ryuk; Ha! I would like to see you try. Furthest someone got was two letters.

Was this also a possibility in the original manga/anime series? Or this something totally original to the movie?
There already seems to be a similar question Is there a way to kill Shinigamis with a death note? . This however only covers indirect usage of the Death Note and not directly writing it down (which the op of that question seems to debunk without a source)

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One thing I noticed (I haven't watch the netflix movie yet) by what you said: in the anime ryuk mentions that there were shinigamies that dropped their notes in the human world before but he never said he was the shinigami that did it, based on the dialog you provided, the movie indicates that ryuk was the one that done it before. so I think the movies shinigami concept is different from the original masterpiece ;)

Japanese Wikipedia stated: デスノートに死神の名前を書いても死神は死なない。(Shinigami can't be killed even if their name is written on the Death Note). It's stated that it's from the official guide book Death Note 13: How to Read, but I'm still reluctant to post it as an answer since I can't prove the source.

There is no definitive information in the anime or manga on this particular question. So it MAY be possible, theoretically, to kill a Shinigami with a Death Note. However, regardless of that, in practice, it is impossible for a human to do it, for the following reasons:
You don't have their name. Humans have no way of verifying a Shinigami's true name, much less its spelling. Correct spelling using the script in which the name is "officially" written does seem to be required. Shinigami vision, which always shows the name needed to kill, always shows the "official" spelling. For example, when Misa views Light's name, it shows up not as the English word it comes from, and not as the kana approximation, but as the official kanji character, presumably because that's the way it is on his documents/how he likes to spell it, etc. Even though this spelling makes her confused as to how to pronounce it (she initially reads it as "Tsuki" in the anime). On the other hand, the names of Western characters always show up in Western script, not in Japanese approximation. The Shinigami would have their own way of spelling their names as well. According to the manga creators, each Shinigami has their "own written language", and some even use pictures (says the wiki here: deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Shinigami). And misspellings are not allowed: after 4 misspellings the target becomes immune from that Death Note, and misspelling it knowingly more than 4 times (such as deliberate trial and error) kills the Note's owner (Rule XXXV.1). Even with the Shinigami eye deal, Shinigami names don't seem to show up, from what I've seen in the anime. So even assuming the Shinigami is stupid enough to tell you their real, full name, good luck explaining to them why you need it spelled, in their native language.
You don't have their face. You need to visualize a face to kill. Many Shinigami seem to wear masks/makeup that cover most of their faces. Who knows if that's their actual true face or just a costume? Again, good luck asking them and getting an honest answer.
No cause of death. Ok, this one is a little complicated, but here goes... The conditions of death must be "physically possible" (Rule VI.1). If an impossible cause of death is listed, or if none is specified, the cause reverts to the default: a deadly heart attack (Rule I.4). In other words, the person's blood is no longer being pumped and they quickly suffer brain death, organ failure, etc., from lack of oxygen/nutrients. But we know for a fact that it is physically impossible to kill a Shinigami this way. They are spiritual beings that are able to phase in and out of the material world and don't need to eat, so assuming they even have such an organ as a heart, lack of physical pumping from it would not kill them. Thus it is physically impossible to kill a Shinigami with the known DEFAULT cause.
So you have to SPECIFY some other cause that is actually known to kill Shinigami. The only way we know is to make them kill someone with their Note to extend another human's life (Rule XVII.1). But that won't work either. Here's why:
A. Bystander deaths are not allowed. If you make the Shinigami write down a random human's name, you
   run into Rule X.2, which prevents your Death Note entry from being
   the direct cause of death of anyone other than the people you
   specifically listed by name.
B. Double entries are not allowed. If you try to work around that by specifying
   the name of the human the Shinigami is to kill, you run into Rule
   XV.1, which states that if a name is written in 2 Death Notes, only
   the first entry written takes effect. So the Shinigami's attempt to
   re-enter the person's name will be void, no harm no foul, the
   Shinigami lives. Even if you try to force them to do a split entry with
   you (allowed in Rule XXXII.1), YOU initiate the split entry, the
   human becomes YOUR victim, the Shinigami's Note is NOT the cause of
   death (yours is), so the Shinigami is still not responsible.
TL;DR Only someone who knows the Shinigami's true face, true name, and how their body works, can possibly kill them with a death note (or maybe even without it). That would most likely be the Shinigami king, possibly some of the higher ranking Shinigami. Your only real option is tricking the Shinigami into doing something stupid like giving up their life voluntarily or getting into big trouble with their higher-ups (they do have a death penalty, per Rule XLVI.1).
(All Rules are here: http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note)
Incidentally, the same basic idea applies to the Netflix movie version of Ryuk. We don't know anything pertinent about him either. He may threaten to kill anyone who writes his name, just because he's miffed, but that doesn't mean they have the ability to actually do it. In fact, someone did write "don't trust Ryuk" on the actual parchment pages of the Death Note, so technically he should be dead, because his name was put down in the Note. So apparently it doesn't work on him.

You can't kill a Shinigami by putting down his/her name on a Death Note
As stated on the anime/manga, the only known way to kill a Shinigami/Death god is for him/her to kill an human with a Death Note in order to expand another human's life span. That's why Gelus died by expanding Misa's life span :

Rem recalls Gelus watching over a younger Misa Amane in the human world. Knowing that it was Misa's final day, she watches with him. Having fallen in love with Misa, Gelus uses his Death Note to kill Misa's destined murderer, against Rem's protests. Gelus is reduced to a pile of dust as punishment for extending a human life, leaving behind only his Death Note.
Death Note Wiki

Here's the clip of the episode where Rem explains to Misa how a Shinigami dies :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzt4IL6AjXA

But what about page V rule IV of the deathnote:A god of death cannot be killed even if stabbed in his heart with a knife or shot in the head with a gun. However, there are ways to kill a god of death, which are not generally known to the god of death. Which contradicts your statement.

my bad, it's the only known way to kill a Shinigami, updated my answer and looking for sources stating explicitely that you can't kill a Shinigami by writing its name

I did upvote you but your first line is not justified by the remaining ones. It seems "We don't know" is more appropriate.

@kaine we do know, it was stated many time in manga and anime. when ryuk was describing the shinigami world he was complaining that it was too boring and even if you put a shinigamis name down on a death note nothing happens. there for shinigamis cannot be killed by death note and their death is only a punishment.

@Henjin that isn't in this answer but a (almost) perfect answer itself.

@Henjin Do you remember in which episode / chapter Ryuk mention this? I'm looking for this kind of sources and don't currently have the time to rewatch Death Note entirely...

unfortunately @Ikaros it's been so long since I last rewatched it so I don't remember. but it was at the first few episodes and ryuk was talking to light about it. sorry.

@Henjin just because a Shinigami can't kill another Shinigami by writing their name in their DN, doesn't mean a human can't do it. The rules for humans and Shinigami are known to be different--a DN owner can be killed only by the Shinigami who gave it to them, but we do know that they can be killed by a DN if a human uses it. The same might apply to Shinigami--they might not be able to kill each other because they're all DN owners, but a human might be able to do it (in theory). Or their king, if he gave them the DNs. So I don't think we know officially (but I agree with you in my headcanon).

@filistinist Ryuk didn't mention anything specific about for whom this would be effect-less, and I believe it would be too much power for a human. Shinigamies where created along with their death-notes so they are compatible and able to use the full power of the DN. think of the DN as a software, it takes some input and executes them. no mater who the user is the software works the same. now if the user has other tools like the Shinigami eyes they can benefit from that too but the software wouldn't change.

Rules in both manga and anime mustn't even be put into consideration for this.
Ryuk tells Light both in chapter 1:

"I'm in the Shinigami realm, so killing people in the Human world
  isn't any fun" "...but if I write the names of the Shinigami into
  the book they don't die."

Interesting change in current translation of chapter 1:

"killing guys in the human world from the Shinigami world isn't fun
  at all" "...and writing a Shinigami's name in the notebook won't
  kill them."

in episode 1 (sub):

"...writing names of other Shinigami doesn't work"

in episode 1 (dub):

"even if you wrote the name of another Shinigami it would be
  pointless, because they wouldn't die."

This is of course a translation, someone should confirm the exact Japanese text, but if it follows the original kanji closely that would mean a Shinigami can't be killed by the Death Note as far as Ryuk knows (probably they tried it out of boredom?). We aren't talking Shinigami king. He remains shrouded in mystery, so that being might.
Also following the first line in new English translation a Shinigami can be killed in the Human world, it's just no fun according to Ryuk. That can imply the method of Rem, though that one is so unusual. It took Ryuk a bit by surprise. I take from that there might be another way that Ryuk knows about and it must be done in the human world.
Again, what are those two lines in original Japanese text? Anyone?

No it shouldn't be possible to kill a Death God with a Note, since the very first rule states that the human whose name is written in this note shall die, and Death Gods aren't human.

This doesn't exclude Shinigamis. I mean, the first rule does not state "The person whose name is written in this note shall die, but only if he is a human"

What's more, consider expanding your thoughts. On this Stack Exchange, we value expansive answers :)

To add to this, rule IV states "there are ways to kill a god of death, which are not generally known to the god of death." If the gods of death could kill each other with death notes, surely it would be generally known to them.

Because shinigami will kill the owner before the owner will write shinigami name. Ryuk said furthermost anyone written is two word which means he killed the person before he/she finished writing the whole name of Ryuk.

Could you provide any sourcing or additional information? It seems as though you're mostly just repeating information provided in the question as your answer.

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Would Sarada have to kill Boruto to obtain the Mangekyou Sharingan?
Say Sarada wants the Mangekyou Sharingan, would this mean she would have to kill Boruto?

not really.
She can just ask his father to cast Tsukoyomi on her.

Sasuke can't use Tsukuyomi. EMS retains all skills and abilities of the wielders original eyes, and fails to give them the previous eye owner abilities. This doesn't apply to non-Uchiha though. And what effect would Tsukuyomi have on her, emotionally? I don't see how that'd awaken an MS.

She wouldn't have to kill anyone herself, she just needs to go through a traumatic event like seeing someone close to her die e.g. Boruto, Sakura, Sasuke, ...
I'm not sure how Madara got his Mangekyou Sharingan, but he didn't kill his brother himself. Izuna gave his eyes to Madara on his deathbed to awaken the eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
From the Wikia:

It is initially awakened by the trauma suffered from witnessing the death of someone close to the user. Uchiha has historically misunderstood these criteria as the user needing to be responsible for the person's death, and for that reason, they developed the practice of killing their closest friends in order to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Not necessarily.
To awaken the Sharingan, the person must go through a trauma or extreme emotional feelings.
If Sarada kills Boruto, she does have a strong chance of gaining the Mangekyo Sharingan considering their relationship.
Sarada can gain the Mangekyo Sharingan if she

Kills a friend or a close family member or someone whom she trusts and loves.
Witnesses the death of someone very dear to her.
Goes through something more traumatic or emotional.

She could obtain the mangekyou by killing someone close to her, going through a tramatic event or having deep emotions and we know this when sarada and Chocho followed the 7th hokage,Naruto. They followed him because Chocho though choji was not her dad and for sarada uchiha she wanted to see sasuke, Sarada's dad and when hearing where sasuke is sarada runs off crying and activates the sharingan a sacred dojutsu of the uchiha clan.

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"Only God knows God's miso soup". Is this a pun?

In this chapter Buddha got cold, so Jesus tried to cook something for him. So he came up with a miso soup, and a joke. Or so it seems. But I don't understand this joke. "Only God knows God's miso soup". Is this a pun?

Yes, this is a Japanese pun. Unfortunately, this pun doesn't translate well to other languages.
The original phrases in Japanese are:

Image from buzz-manga.blog.jp

神【かみ】のみぞ知る【しる】 (kami nomi zo shiru, only God knows)
  神【かみ】のみそ汁【しる】 (kami no miso shiru, God's miso soup)

Yes, both have the same reading: kaminomi[s/zo]shiru (except so and zo, which only differs by a voicing mark).
Also, the one that Jesus does in that scene is called dajare/oyaji gag, which usually employs the same reading for different meaning.


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What is the power order of the Straw Hats?
I know it's quite difficult but I'd like to know the power level order between the Straw Hats. Currently I am assuming that the order is something like this:

Luffy
Zoro
Sanji

I'm aware from place 4 onward it gets really difficult, but maybe some hints exist. For example, Oda said that Usopp's current power equal that of Zoro before time skip. That would be a good example of a great hint.
Some measurements could be the opponents they have faced, their individual power, devil fruits and for those that have it, their haki.

Generally speaking, the strongest three are usually considered to be zoro, sanji, and luffy while nami, ussop, and chopper are considered the weakest three.  Beyond this, however, it is speculation which is inappropriate for this site.

For the close votes. This is actually a question that can be answered in universe, using the doriki system. Or even their bounties.

Exactly. There several ways to measure it. Also hints like which straw hats develop haki, comments from the author [what I said about Usopp...]

@Dimitrimx I don't like diagreeing with you but doriki only indicates strength in a very limited way (Rokushiki). We also don't know the doriki for any strawhats.  Bounties don't indicate fighting strength almost at all. They only indicate threat to WG.

@kaine It does still point out,  that in a canonical way we can determine how their in-universe government judges their strength. And there are several others. Combined these values may actually reflect the strength of the individual members quite accurately. Non the less, limited as it may be, this question can be answered perfectly in a non opinion based answer. All though I do agree, the question could use some slight rephrasing in the 3th paragraph to also reflect it as a non-opinion based question.

@Dimitrimx The question is answerable but not of great quality because the answer will ALWAYS be primarily opinion based even if it tries to use canonical measurements. Luffy a 100M bounty defeats someone which the author states is worth 500m. Sogeking has less bounty than Franky but God Ussop has twice as much? There are simply too many variables to sort out a completely Non-opinion based list of power. Compare it to the strength order of Avengers or Justice League if you will. Drawing on the parallels, Who is stronger Cap or Iron Man? Martian Manhunter or Superman? and so on...

well, Oda did say Usopp has been and will be the weakest in strawhats but never stated the rest of the crew strength order

I've voted to close as well because I think the issue is defining strength. Is it raw power? That would be a poor definition for One Piece as we also have to take into account Devil Fruits and Haki. But then, we know some DF are better against some than others. So it may be possible than A > B, B > C and C > A. How would be the power order is that case? Also, A could defeat B when B is in a bad day, but does that truly mean A > B? HxH makes a great job explaining this in the Chimera Ants. In the end, it all comes down to a judgement call.

As an example, there are tons of people Enel could have defeated that pre-timeskip Luffy would not be able to. What's the power order in that case?

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During Franky's arc, Luffy never beat him, they just called it a draw, so I always thought Franky was on par with Luffy, even if he's never in the spotlight for fighting.

This is after the dressrosa arc:
The bounties are a good representative of the strength of each member of the strawhat crew.
The only odd ones are Sanji, Usopp and Chopper.
Chopper because he is viewed as a pet instead of a full member
Sanji because he didn't participate that much and Usopp because he was said to be the one who instigated everything but that was wrong.
So for power range according to posters (with dismissing odd things):

Luffy
Zoro
Sanji
Nico Robin
Franky
Brooke
Usopp
Chopper
Nami

Usopp, Chopper and Nami are also called the weak trio so saying those three are the weakest is a pretty good assumption.

you mean weak trio?

Basing this off of the wanted posters is not a really good idea, as for example chopper is considered a pet and thus he doesn't get a reputation as high as the others. IMO chopper is stronger than Usopp and Brooke


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Are the districts inside the walls 'Elodia'?
Spoilers ahead for those who have not read the latest manga chapters (86 - 87).

 The latest chapters take place in the territory under the
 "Marley government". The oppression of Elodians and their origin is the current theme. It is known that King Fritz took the Commander power and the majority of Elodians to safely retreat in an island. He used the Titan serum to transform people and build the walls. Can we derive that this territory, inside the walls (Sheena, Rose, Maria), is Elodia?

Yes. in particular, note that a guard tells Grice to run from the ocean to the walls

It's not completely clear, what was original meaning of "Elodia". We know, there was "Elodian Empire" before, but it is unclear now - was it just name, or was it somehow tied to some geographical territory. So, if it is just a name, we can call land within walls as "Elodia", since it is last remnant of Elodian Empire. If it was based on geographical name, I suppose, it's clear, that only original Elodia (city, country, or whatever it is) may be called so.

yes the walls are built inside paradi island where king fritz of elodia had run away after the Mare won the war against titans. I think this wall is supposed to serve as protection against Mare but the chapter havent explained it yet.


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What's the name of the battle theme used in Big Order?
I was watching Big Order recently, and when I looked it up I could easily find the op, but I couldn't find that really awesome battle theme. It comes on IIRC once or twice per episode, and usually at the climax of the episode.
So, does anyone know its name?
I'm pretty sure it's in all of the episodes, but for a specific example, take the latest episode (ep 6). It's in most of the underwater scene, from around minute 20.

Could you maybe include a time stamp + the episode number?

@Dimitrimx sure, give me a minute. Kissanime seems to be down atm, so I'll use gogoanime or something

Whenever you have them edit the info into your question for the others too see as well :)

Umm, I don't think the official OST is available yet, so I'm not sure if it's answerable as for now.

OST 1 out July 29; OST 2 out Sept 30.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7fh_QD6sw#t=33m40s starting 33:40
It's called "决着！"

Note: 決着 is pronounced "Kecchaku" and means something along the lines of "conclusion".

I don't know the name -.-, but I think this is the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQSLCUVSxs


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Before the era of Naruto, One Piece and Bleach being published simultaneously, was there ever another well-defined "Holy Trinity" of Manga?
I recall a few years ago (around 2011) the phrase "holy trinity" being thrown around to describe the size, magnitude and importance of One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto all running in Shonen Jump.  Now, with two of those specific publications* ending, this so-called "holy" trinity is no more.
However, there would've had to have been three other manga that were considered something like this before, right?  Was there was such a confirmed trinity of manga that ran together?
It doesn't necessarily have to be from Shonen Jump, but the closest unsourced examples from the '90s were Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk!, and Yu Yu Hakusho, which were likely published in a shonen-oriented magazine.
*: This doesn't include Boruto.  That isn't Naruto.

Semi-related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/27187/

@senshin:  Interestingly enough, my question does tangentially reference that same article, but my main gripe is that it's unsourced.

This made me remember there actually is a big three list on wikipedia, which it is also often called. But anime and manga never seen to have reached this list sofar. Even though it has been a 'thing' for a long time

I have no proof for this, but my guess is no, and my reason is that, as senshin mentioned in his answer to the linked question, the "Big Three" is mostly a Western concept, and until recently, no anime or manga was big enough in the West to be part of a "Big Three". When I was first getting into anime in 1999, there was definitely a standard set of starter anime, but most people would move on from those to other series; with the "Big Three", a lot of fans pretty much stick with them forever, which is why they're big.

@Torisuda:  That's kind of along the lines of what I'm getting at.  Were those so-called standard manga  big enough to be considered a force in the manga market?

@Makoto I actually didn't notice you were focusing on manga only, not manga and anime, which adds another wrinkle to this: manga wasn't really a thing in the US in 1999. There were a few random titles out (a lot of them published by Dark Horse), pretty much all flipped. I didn't notice manga start to get big in the US until around 2004, with Tokyopop pushing the CLAMP stuff and Viz starting its US version of Shounen Jump. Naruto and One Piece were both in the US Shounen Jump from Issue 1, so they were already in on the ground floor of the manga boom in America.

@Torisuda:  Be that as it may, I'm not necessarily looking for an American starting point.  It could easily be the case that CLAMP was huge in Japan before we ever heard of it, but I'm curious from the aspect in general.  It doesn't have to be translated over to the States for it to count.

I have no real input. I just wanted to say upvoted for yuyu Hakusho the second anime I ever watched. <3

I'm only commenting, cuz what I'm about to say seems more opinion based, but if you wanna mark a "Big Three" of the 90s, I would figure it would be like, Inuyasha, Sailor Moon, and Pokemon. Or if you want to keep it all "Shonen" Then Inuyasha, Pokemon, and either Yu-Gi-Oh, DBZ,or Digimon. I mean, a lot of teen fans to the actual big 3 when the various series first aired, kind of started with those guys. It's how a lot of us got into anime, before we even knew what it was.

The concept of Big 3 is really vague. Some say it's just a made up word for the current popular manga in the West, which is One Piece, Naruto and Bleach during the early 2000s. At the same time, online streaming is getting popular around that time, mainly Youtube and Crunchyroll for anime, and also the internet is booming at the same time (stocks of dotcoms, Google, Yahoo, etc. I won't go into details about economics and stock market, but all of it are happening during the early 2000s).
Now to answer your question if there are other Big 3 in the past, I would say it's not only 3, there would be a lot. Mainly Case Closed (or Conan), Doraemon, Astro Boy, Dragon Ball and Kochikame.
Also, who told you that the famous 90's anime are Yu Yu Hakusho, Slam Dunk and Dragon Ball? Dragon Ball would be famous, and so is Slam Dunk, but I don't know about Yu Yu Hakusho. There's a lot of famous 90's anime and manga to the point that I can't name them all.
But overall, the Big 3 and what not are just opinions of other people of what's famous or not. There's no solid measure of how famous a manga or anime is. Unless if we are talking about sales and copies then we could make some list. But if we are basing it all on human opinions there would be infinite Big 3.

The big 3 seemed to be something that was just made up to describe Bleach, Naruto, and One piece in the west. Now that 2 of them are effectively over, and even before they ended, Naruto and Bleach fell in ratings, People have tried to crown 2 new ones to replace them, but nothing is sticking, and it seems no anime has been able to reach the same level of fame as they did in their peak. Big 3 seems to have been born and died with the 3 it described.

@Ryan - Exactly! The Big 3 is just something to name those three. its not a ranking or something its just a label for those 3 mangas.

It may be worth pointing out that the very notion of a 'Big three' here is largely a male- and shonen-centric perspective. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Manga_Best_Sellers_of_2011 for an example, but fundamentally it's a 'Big One' — while Naruto was clearly that popular, neither Bleach nor One Piece ever hit #1 in 2011 and in fact the latter struggled to even make the top 5.  Bleach fared somewhat better in 2010, but even there it didn't do substantially more than several other titles, and the same holds true in later years as well.  There's a solid case to be made that Sailor Moon should be well ahead of either Bleach or One Piece in the conversation, and even titles like Black Butler are fairly comparable with the top non-Naruto shonen titles.


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Why do people tend to think anime is weird porno?
Why do people not directly exposed to anime tend to think of it as weird porn?
It would not be the first time I tell somebody who is not really into anime that I watch it and get questioned as to why I watch animated pornography. Until the point I confront them with the fact that Dragon Ball and Pokémon are also animes.
It also does not seem to be a Western culture thing, as several people I know in India, America, Russia also tend to respond in the same way.
Is there a specific reason as to why this stereotyping came to be?

Personally for me: fanservice scenes. Especially if someone walks in on you during one.

Stereotypes Strike again. The ones that are memorable are the ones that are the most wrong, and lets face it, there is a TON of bad examples out there for anime.

Because what people see of animes on 9gag, Imgur, Facebook, and other social stuff are fan service scenes of poor quality shonens.

My mom started thinking it was just weird stuff and porn because we went to the library a couple of days ago (it was her turn to buy me books so I went) and, as usual, I went to the manga area. After she got the book she was going to buy I was telling her about the Monster Musume Everyday Life with Monster Girls mangas that were there. The cover of the book totally said that it was not kid appropriate, so she asked me how I knew about it and, as usual, I said I just knew what it was about. After that she started looking at the other mangas that were there. -continued

She saw a particular one which got her attention. It had the cover of a monster girl (I think that's what it was) which was, you could say, kida of naked. She asked me if that is what I see all the time and if that is what anime just is. I said no but I think she didn't believe me.... But my mom is not the only one I've heard say that about anime. There was this girl I knew, she was NOT my friend at all, she thought anime was or she said she thought anime was just, "That pokemon porn people see."

everyone who I talk to calls me weird because I watch anime not all anime is as bad as people say

In the 90s, Anime (formerly called Japanimation in some magazines and sources) became the latest target of alarmist conservative media due to a set of OVAs titled "Urotsukidōji" or "The Overfiend" in many English translations:

It's a 3 part series which contained masses of animated gore, demon tentacle rape, and horror.
Not only was it offensive to much of the public, it had become very popular - not only amongst hard-core anime fans, but by normal television viewers also. 40,000 copies were sold in Britain - at a time when 500 people was the average attendance for an anime con there.
Having been leapt upon by the media, this of course only amplified its success for anime title would rarely leave their niche viewership.
Sensational journalism by its very nature is intended to elicit a response from the reader/viewer and talk spreads fast in local communities. When finding another "Overfiend"-contender, media outlets are able to remind viewers about the previous controversies - or even tangentially related events, such as a normal anime film release, may be tainted by a headstrong reporter.
This anti-anime sentiment started to spring up in casual use, spreading further propoganda - whether intentional or not. For example, this quote from the British Board of Film Classification about anime :

In Japan it seems, these films provide sex and violence for men, who watch them after work in male clubs where sexual favours are bought and sold.

Which is clearly not true - a lot of the Western world did not think of anime as separate from hentai, and the hentai stories they had been exposed to were selected to be the worst examples. Even now you will see anime being used as an example of something immoral:

source
The fact that anime is produced in the East played a significant factor also, in many people's eyes Eastern people were seen to be different, and weird. Even harmless children's titles such as Pokémon were affected with mass reports of children choking on pokéballs, having epileptic fits and the like. Other popular titles were pounced upon too, like Full Metal Alchemist's use of magic circles or the 'evilness' of the Death Note cast.

Other alarmist conservative media scares include: Dungeons & Dragons, the Harry Potter books and many other niche areas of society - some of which embraced it and took advantage of the attention like death metal bands or ouija board manufacturers.
There of course are hentai titles that are sketchy, which is where it all started from, and there is fanservice that targets pubescent teenagers, BUT what the media has made many people assume that anime is a "genre" of film and all titles are like this. However, anime is a medium that can be about anything - and just like normal filmography - a medium can tell be used to tell the heart-warming story of a boy reunited with his father - or be used for less savoury topics.
(TLDR: Certain controversial titles + echo chamber = reputation)
References:

Schoolgirl Milky Crisis by Jonathan Clements

Further Reading:

SATANIC PANIC: POP-CULTURAL PARANOIA IN THE 1980s

In (a very, very weak) defense of the media's reaction to Pokemon and epilepsy, that much was true, but the immediate move to remove that episode from global distribution and cease local distribution as well didn't factor into the news reports.

I think there are two main reasons for the "anime" is porn prejudice. The first that anime porn forms a fairly significant part of the anime market. The other is that fanservice in anime is more shocking and often more blatant than fanservice in western media.
Porn is a significant part of the anime market today, and probably has an even bigger share of illegal downloads. For some people this is the only kind of of anime they'll watch, so it's easy for anyone to who knows (or is) such person to associate anime with porn, while on the other hand they may not see someone who obsessively watches shows like Naruto or Dragon Ball as an anime fan, as those shows are shown on TV along side other "cartoons".
Like with many of forms of new media, porn was an early pioneer in the anime market in the west. Before movies like Akira (not-porn) and Urotsukidouji (porn) were released in the west, anime was pretty much just a cheap source of children's TV programming. Outside a very small number of fans there was no reason to distinguish it as a genre separate from other cartoons. While a causal observer could dismiss a movie like Akira as just another cartoon, a movie Urotsukidouji was definitely something different. So this prejudice formed pretty early, and given relative popularity of movies like Urotsukidouji, was not entirely unfounded. In the 90's anime fandom was still growing and it wouldn't surprise me if a large majority of anime watched by adults back then was porn. (Wikipedia notes that (NSFW) "At the beginning of 2000, 'hentai' was listed as the 41st most popular search term of the internet, while 'anime' ranked 99th".)
While fanservice in anime doesn't come close to meeting the technical definition of pornography, it helps reinforce prejudices. More significantly it can help form them. Many people use the word porn to refer to anything vaguely titillating that they find reprehensible. While fanservice exists all over western media, TV shows and movies find all sorts of ways to include a woman in a bikini or have a man show off his six-pack, when that happens in animation its much more likely to be shocking to western viewers. When this happens its probable that only the fanservice scenes will leave an impression, and that they'll been seen as perverse or degenerate.
It doesn't help that anime doesn't usually try to as hard to disguise it. While a police procedural might connect a murder to a sex club as an excuse to include scenes with semi-nude actors, and a daytime talk show might have a "serious" discussion on sexual issues during sweeps, anime fanservice tends to be a subtle as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
So unfortunately this leads people to associate the word "anime" with porn. Even today most people don't see the need to distinguish between children's cartoons made in Japan and those made in the west. They rarely see the middle ground between widely syndicated TV shows and anime porn, and when they do they often see fanservice that makes it easier to connect the it to the later rather than former.


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How many characters are based on real life pirates?
Throughout the One Piece series, several pirates seem to be based upon real life pirates. Some of which are quite obvious

Like Blackbeard & Whitebeard. These names combined would be the real name of Blackbeard, Edward Teach.

And some are a bit less obvious, but still well known

Like Roronoa Zoro based on: François l'Olonnais.

Now my question is:
Are there more pirates in One Piece named after, or based upon real life pirates?

Here is a list of known references to actual pirates used in One Piece (most of which are just borrows names) as mentioned on various sources:

Alvida - Awilda

Bartolomeo - Bartholomew Roberts "Black Bart"

Basil Hawkins - John Hawkins

Bellamy - Samuel Bellamy

Blackbeard - Edward Teach "Blackbeard"

Cavendish - Thomas Cavendish:

Charlotte Linlin (Big Mom) - Charlotte Badger

Eustass Kid - William "Captain" Kidd:

Gol D Roger - Olivier Levasseur:

Jewelry Bonney - Anne Bonny

Lafitte - Jean Lafitte:

Roronoa Zoro - François l'Olonnais

Scratchmen Apoo - Chui A-poo:

Silvers Rayleigh - Sir Walter Raleigh:

Thatch - Edward Thatch

Urouge - Oruç Reis

X Drake - Sir Francis Drake:

Yorki - Calico Jack

Zeff - "Red Legs" Greaves

Although these are the references to actual pirates which was intended by Oda, there are also coincidental lookalikes to real life people which has been mentioned in this BuzzOtaku article.

Very comprehensive list, awesome.

Could you extend this list with Kaido - Napoleon? Aldo, maybe you coulf add that Law's name is a Waterloo reference

just noticed you used the same image for both belamy and teach. Are they the same person? or just inaccurate image?

Well this list is not comprehensive but will be covering most of the famous pirates including most of the supernovas and the worst generation. All data is sourced for the One Piece Wikia and the various SBS answered by Oda.

Yorki, the Rumbar Pirates Captain is based on Calico Jack.
Alvida, the Alvida Pirates Captain is based on the pirate Awilda.
Thatch, the 4th Division Commander, Whitebeard Pirates' name is based on Edward Thatch.
Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin, Yonku and Captain of the Big Mom Pirates is based on the pirate Charlotte Badger.
Scratchmen Apoo, the On Air Pirates Captain is based on the chinese pirate Chui A-poo.
Basil Hawkins, the Hawkin Pirates Captain's name is based on two pirates. His given name came from Basil Ringrose, while his surname came from John Hawkins
Urouge, the Fallen Monk Pirates' captain is based on Oruç Reis.
X Drake, the Drake Pirates Captain is based on the pirate Sir Francis Drake.
Jewelry Bonney, the Bonney Pirates captain is based on the pirate Anne Bonny

There might be more but these were all I could find. Blackbeard and Whitebeard share their names with the pirate and are based on the pirate Edward Teach.

I would like to add Hordy (sometimes spelled Hody) might be a reference to Vice Admiral Horthy Miklos. He was the leader of Hungary during world war 2 and fought in the Autro-Hungarian Navy during world war 1.
While the real life Horthy wasn't really racist, I can imagine that a Japanese Author would look at an Admiral who allied with Hitler as a convenient name-reference for the leader of a racist Fishman army. Tho it is just a slight name reference, nothing more.
I have written a book and know the pain of inventing names, cuz it needs to sound real and memorable and not just some gibberish. Often times when I need a new name I google a real life person who has a certain trait or characteristic connected with the fictional character (successful businessman, explorer, murderer, general, pacifist, poet, you name it) and then just edit the name slightly to make it a bit different.
I'm sure other Authors do that too and as we can see above (like Alvida) the author of OP does it as well.
I am sure there are many character names, places etc. that are slight references to real life people and places.
Water 7 is obviously a reference to Venice, Impel down  is Alcatraz, Head Warden Magelan is a reference to the explorer of the same name etc. etc.

Alot of people say Thatch is edward thatch. But its actually edward teach aka blackbeard. Teach/blackbeard is based on teach/blackbeard. Thatch has no relevence to any real world pirate that im aware of

"Edward Teach (alternatively spelled Edward Thatch, c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbeard


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Where can we find dialogues related to anime?
I remember that the actual way that I learned to be fluent in English were by watching a lot of English movies. Since, I stepped foot on Japanese anime and I wanted to learn Japanese in the same way. Since English was a compulsory subject I could compare and learn, but Japanese is not. How I learned English was memorizing the fun dialogues and I want to do the same for Japanese. Since Japanese is not so easy to pick up and having Kanji to search for is definitely informative.
How can we get the subtitles for a specific anime? If it were lyrics it would've been easy, but I didn't find any sites that would give subtitles of the dialogues of anime. Are there any? If not, what can be done so that we can learn dialogues of the anime, since songs and dialogues are definitely easier to memorize.

It's more common for theatrical anime to have subtitles (on their home video releases) than for TV anime to have subtitles. Another tip: if you are watching an anime, and at the beginning, you see 字幕 (jimaku = "subtitles") shown in the corner of the screen, then you know that Japanese subtitles for the anime exist (though you'd probably have to be watching on a TV in Japan for that to be immediately useful).

Incidentally, I found an interesting report from MIAC that estimates the cost of subtitling non-live television at up to 300,000 JPY per hour. That comes out to around 15,000 USD per cour, which is a non-negligible expense.

@senshin, Even though it is for theatrical anime, is there a way or site that provides the subtitles for these?

Almost certainly no (at least, not legitimately).

oh brother, just memorizing dialogues without being assured with kanjis is futile, but well, there are other approaches to learning japanese. :-)

Depending on how you get your anime fix...
DVD/BD
In my experience, while most Japanese DVDs do not have subtitles in Japanese, some do. It is usually easier to find movies than TV series subtitled though.
Streaming
Online streaming services such as Viki have some Japanese shows with Japanese subtitles. Most of them non-animated TV dramas though. But perhaps you can find some anime with the services available to you. Or you could watch a TV drama based on a manga/anime... (Below a screenshot from the Sherlock Holmes puppet show on Viki.)

Other online resources
Around the millennium shift some websites offered fan translations of Japan-only anime shows. That is, you could try to get the Japanese VHS/DVD and follow along with the translated script. If I remember correctly at least one of those websites had the Japanese script as well. This was before the fansubs found a home online. Maybe something similar exists today. I am not aware of any such resources though.


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Ban stealing power from Meliodas
I'm wondering if Ban stole the Meliodas's power forever when they fight on the arena for Diane's weapon or just during the battle.

Ban's ability "Snatch" is to steal objects without contact, he uses it to steal strength from his opponent as well. However, the strength he steals is temporary. Basically he can only use the strength until his body reaches the limit and stops to prevent further damage to himself. Therefore, the answer to your question is no, he did not take Meliodas's power forever, it was only during the battle. When the battle ends, Meliodas will have all of his power back.
here is the link of reference to wikia for details.
(Snatch)
Hope this helps


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What is the chronological order of watching Berserk?
There is the original series and the recent continuation and three movies. Is there any specific order or can I watch them chronologically?

Related: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7335/how-much-of-the-berserk-storyline-do-the-anime-and-ova-cover?rq=1

Berserk Anime is pretty loyal the manga so watching it first is no brainer. Movies are up for grabs, there is no need to watch them if you are watching in continuity since they are basically recap of the original anime.
You should watch the current Anime AFTER the original.
I personally haven't seen any of the three movies, and have heard that the CGI is pretty horrible in action sequences. However, I and many other fans would recommend you to read the Manga (again) after watching the original series.
The original series allows you to have a foothold in Berserk. Manga has beautiful artwork and you can skip the Golden Age Arc if it seems boring to you.
If you don't mind the CGI animation, Berserk movies do take the story a bit further and don't spoil anything from the Black Swordsman Arc which the First Episode of the original series does.
TL;DR Since Both movies and Anime tell the Golden Age Arc only they you can watch Either/both, but people mostly prefer the anime even if aged. The newer iteration of Berserk comes after them

thank you for your answer.actually one of my friend liked movies so much that he suggested that i watch just those.however i want to get the full experience so was asking for the correct order to watch them to understand the anime properly

If you want to watch the movies in order, it will be Berserk the Egg of the King, then Berserk the Battle of Doldrey, then Berserk the Advent. As for the actual anime series itself, I haven't yet watched it, nor do I read the manga.


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Why does Super Sonico always wear headphones?
Just as the title asks, why does Super Sonico always wear those headphones? Is there a reason behind it, or is this just the design Nitroplus came up with?

I discovered an interesting piece of information to add to Dimitri mx's answer while I was researching my answer to Why is Super Sonico famous?. It turns out that Super Sonico was originally designed as the mascot for Nitroplus's music festival, Nitro Super Sonico, as documented on Super Sonico Wiki and Wikipedia. Nitroplus, though primarily a visual novel company, had apparently held this music festival for several years before they introduced Super Sonico as its mascot in 2006. In-universe, Super Sonico is a singer (and gravure model, of course); she had some very out-of-universe albums and singles released, which may have set off the tidal rush of Super Sonico love that resulted in the manga, visual novel, and anime.
So it made sense, when Super Sonico was first designed, to give her a pair of headphones: she was the mascot for a music festival, after all, and a singer herself. Dimitri mx's answer explains why she almost never takes them off.

I believe this is an example of the Never Bareheaded trope in combination with the Nice Hat trope.

Never Bareheaded: A character always appears wearing a headdress of some kind, and never, ever takes it off. It doesn't have to be a hat, any kind of headgear is fine. Furthermore, it doesn't always have to be the same headgear, the point is that this character is never seen bare-headed. This gives him a certain mystique, since while it might just be that he wears the hat because he feels like it, the fact remains that we never learn what his hatless head looks like.
Nice Hat: To show that you mean business, it's important to have style. Enter: the nice hat. It may actually have utility — even conveying special powers — but more often than not it just looks cool, or even just sexy.

Considering that Super Sonic is pretty much a half-naked model for Nitroplus, the Nice Hat trope "sexy" part does most certainly fit this description.

Character design distinction. Remove the headphones and she'll be any anime character with pink long hair and yeah, large oppai.
Conceal ears. Idk, I haven't probably seen an ear of a long haired female character.
Her headphones can be also sold as a character product so yeah, more $$$.

This is just my opinion though.

Sonico is a robot, pretty much. If you take the headphones off, she breaks.
See this link:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/22-1/super-sonico-child-version-figure-previewed

((it was pretty much confirmed by sentai filmworks, not nitroplus, but whatever

In the game Sonicomi, there is a secret ending (ending 18), where if you touch Sonico's headphones she will say "- the demonic signal will be released and something terrible will happen! Everyone will die! So you can't touch them!". Touching them will result in a zombie apocalypse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROcp5DJQBu4). Not sure if this answers the question though.

Maybe Super Sonico has hearing problems and the headphones are hearing aids. In the anime she uses 4 alarm clocks to wake up.

This was already proposed in another answer and disproven in a comment on that answer. Please read all other answers before posting to be sure you're adding something new.

She could be deaf and those headphones serve to help her hear, I mean if it is never addressed then it should be assumed that the information is common knowledge in that universe, maybe they serve to let her hear
I see them in a similar way as a blind man's shades, only with the augmenting ability that they let her hear

She is seen without her headphone in episode 5 when she is in the bath, and during that scene, she could hold a conversation with the editor normally. Therefore, it's confirmed that she is not deaf.


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Is Koro-sensei fireproof?
Koro sensei is super cool and ultra powerful. Although he has many weakness like water, special knives and bombs. I want to know if he is also fireproof?

So far there has not been any sign of a fiery attack or his ability to resist it, besides the hot weather. Which seems to cause him a quite extreme fatigue. He also is said to handle hot food pretty badly.

Doesn't that mean he can be killed if set on fire? 10 billion yen yeah!!!

@Dipu Probably means he would be slowed down quite a bit, but I think that even if he were still to move at mach1 the flames would extinguish through his cheer speed.

I don't know why the author had not mentioned anything about fire. It is the most basic element!

what about they trap him in a really, really hot room? would he melt? also, they haven't tried electricity yet have they?

@eha1234 Electricity could be a valid new question :). Discussing about locking him up in a hot room or other similar things should probably be done in the chat instead of the comments ^^

Another point supporting this is when the space shuttle is reentering the atmosphere, he tries to influence its trajectory by punching it a bit, but he can barely touch it because it is too hot for him.


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Raye Penber's fiancée's part opens up a loophole in DeathNote
Raye Penber's fiancée who had come to give the tip about Kira (she deduced most of the Kira's tactics even before L!), and Light Yagami's encounter was missed by the receptionist/L at the police head quarters.
Both were seen discussing about telling her theory to Light's father in front of the two receptionist before she became missing. Most police head quarters have CCTV cameras attached, so it should have been used by the police to get a clue about her before she went missing the day she visited the police. If she was alive after that day, she would have tried to visit the police head quarters again.
As per receptionists/ CCTV cameras she was last seen with Light and Light offering her to give the tip, so he can on behalf of her tell it to his father, even offering his phone. At least the initial investigation should have started with interrogating Light about her. How was this scenario missed by L and his Team? Is this not a goof?

Your theory is quite hard to understand. Maybe consider adding screenshots showing your point

Just because L is super smart, doesn't mean he would not miss anything. Otherwise, he wouldn't lose to Kira.

To L and the investigators, Naomi Misora is only missing

Light writes down Naomi's name, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.

Source: Naomi Misora - Plot (Last Paragraph)
Given that Light specified that she would commit suicide and when L sees Naomi's photo they still don't know that Kira can kill besides a heart attack, there's no way to connect Naomi's disappearance to Kira.
If L was to take a leap of faith and pull out the CCTV footage showing Light with Naomi, what can they do then? Light had a legitimate reason for being at Police Headquarters (in fact it was by pure chance that Light ran into her there, it wasn't planned like with Raye) and if they questioned him, Light could just as easily said he noticed that she seemed depressed and tried to help her which would backup the suicide if they discovered her body.

Also I missed out a part , got the point by reading the anime where Light knows that the CCTV cameras would not be able to capture them together in the reception. Thanks every one answering the question!

The more pertinent question is why Raye Penber would show his ID to Light in the first place considering L secretly tapped the FBI to help with the investigation. L didn't want the Japanese police to know he was investigating them since it would cause friction, and the FBI was aware of this which is why they were there in secret. Thus, the FBI agent would have avoided showing the DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT'S SON his ID at all costs to make sure their presence in Japan remained a secret.
This is the only plothole I've seen in the show that makes no sense. Other than that, it seems like a perfect story!

Well I dont think its a loophole. They wouldn’t have know she visited the police station so why would they check the cctv? The receptionist also did not know this woman’s name so they wouldn’t know she was Rey’s wife.

L probably did not notice any of it because:

He did not automatically remember her name, and
If L would have found that and saw that Light was the last one with her while she was alive, he could have arrested him. However, they were in a big city, so they wouldn't have had evidence that it was Light that killed her. Also, if L did arrest him, the entire story would have been shorter and not as fun as it is now.

But Light did kill other criminals (he states so in ep. 7) using suicide, so L should have at least suspected this possibility and then confirmed his theory when he finds out that Raye Penber's wife goes missing, him knowing that she was previously an FBI agent.
He should have then checked where she was seen last and then connected the dots to Kira. Light may be able to talk his way out of this but L should at least question/suspect him of this incident.

It seems like this is a comment to the accepted answer, and not an answer to the question?


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Were the other trainers from Pallet town ever revealed?
We know four trainers started in Pallet town. Three with one of the three original starters and Ash with his Pikachu. Apart from Gary, were the other two trainers ever revealed in the anime? And was it ever revealed who got which specific starter Pokemon?

First, the things we know:
Ash got late and had to pick the reserve Pokemon Pikachu. The other 3 starter Pokemon already got picked, one of which was picked by Gary. At the end of the series, you could see that Gary picked Squirtle.

So the question is, who picked the other 2 starters and where were they mentioned?
Your question really inspired me to find a answer. I found answers on multiple sites.
On reddit

In the series, Ash and co. encounter a Charmander that was abandoned
  by its owner. We might infer that the original owner was one of the
  other two Pallet Town trainers. In addition, the Bulbasaur Ash and co.
  encounter was raised in the Hidden Village, which the article linked
  states was a haven for, among other things, abandoned Pokemon. So it
  appears possible that the other Pallet Town trainers also abandoned
  his starter Pokemon.

On serebiiforums

These two mystery trainers' sole purpose in the anime was to be a plot device so that Ash would miss out on all 3 standard starter Pokemon and get Pikachu.
Gary got 1 of them (and it wasn't revealed until the very end of
  Johto) and for marketing purposes, Ash had to have Pikachu as his very
  first Pokemon...
So they invented 2 other trainers to get the remaining Pokemon... and
  they were referenced a few times until after Ash got the Earth badge
  and returned to Pallet town. That was when Oak said that the "other
  two" gave up and flunked out. Thus writing them out of the show
  permanently... never to be referenced again.

So it seems that these 2 mysterious trainers were just there to lose their starter Pokemon after a short time, so Ash could find them and train during the series, the 4 most favorite Pokemon of every kid. (Squirtle came to him from the firefighter)
I think the 2 trainers weren't meant to have a big part in this series. They were just needed to give Ash the rare Pokemon everyone wants to have.
But this is just my personal opinion.

The Four Trainers of Pallet Town Theory
Pokémon: Indigo League, episode 10 "Bulbasaur And The Hidden Village": Bulbasaur protects a "spa resort for pokémon" village in which the only human there, a girl by the name of Melanie, takes care of them. By theory, we conclude that Melanie does not want to be a trainer but more of a caretaker for pokémon and may have "abandoned" or set free Bulbasaur to choose his own path. But there is speculation that she might be too old to have recently left Pallet town considering she is as tall as Brock. He falls for her and is older than Ash and Misty.
Pokémon: Indigo League, episode 11 "The Stray": Charmander is left on a rock and his trainer said he'd be back for him. His original owner's name is Damian. Oddly enough he brags about how many pokémon he has on a table in pokéballs - over the 6 pokéball legal limit. By theory, he is one of the new pokémon trainers from Pallet town and chose the Charmander as his first. Starter pokémon are associated with "beginner" which in turn translates to some as "weak". A pokémon you catch and earned is less likely to be discarded because of work you put into it unlike the freely given pokémon at the start. This may be what Damian was thinking of Charmander at the time.
Pokémon: Johto League, episode 269 (or S3E152) "The Ties That Bind": Professor Oak bragged to Ash that Gary had chosen the best starter pokémon in the first episode without revealing which one this might have been. Gary Oak reveals his third pokémon in a match against Ash to be the evolved form of his starter pokémon, Blastoise (originally Squirtle).
Gary Oak was the only other trainer apart from Ash from Pallet town that was carried on through the anime series to be his rival. The other two were simply written off by Professor Oak (ep64) who stated that the other two flunked out of Pokémon Training.

Sources: Bulbapedia

Ep.10: Bulbasaur
Ep.11:Charmander
Ep.269: Squirtle/Blastoise
Melanie
Damian
Gary Oak
Ep.1: Prof. Oak bragging
Ep.63: Earth Badge
Ep.64: consulting Prof. Oak

I think Damian, the original owner of Ash's Charmander (now Charizard), was one of the Pokemon trainers from Pallet Town. Firstly, because he wasn't seen at the Pokemon League. Secondly, wild Charmanders weren't seen in the anime much or maybe at all. So it's reasonable to say that he got it as his starter.
I don't know about Bulbasaur, though. It probably belonged to a girl who quit in episode 30 something, because she wanted her Pokemon to just be her companions.

I agree with the Damian being another Pallet trainer. As for the other, it could be that girl in the original theme song that never appears in the anime and she could have had the abandoned Bulbasaur which Ash found.
I can't take credit for this answer as I got it from a YouTube video by ProtoMario.

Damian is not Charmander's trainer. The reasons are:

Professor Oak or any other professor gives trainer a Pokemon with five Poke Balls and a Pokedex. In "Mystery at the Lighthouse", Misty says a trainer can have a maximum of six Pokemon and the others are automatically transported to the place where they got their Pokedex. Now Damien had over 6 Poke Balls and he said all Poke Balls contained Pokemon. So if he had been a trainer who got a starter Pokemon, he would have a Pokedex which would have directly transported all other Pokemon to Oak.
It makes no sense, but in episode 4 "The Challenge of Samurai", he says that all three trainers have passed and he lost to all three. At Cerulean Gym, one of Misty's sisters says that they lost to all trainers from Pallet. So it means they are on the same way. Now, Pewter Gym is before Cerulean Gym or Vermilion Gym. If all three were ahead of Ash from Samurai till Cerulean Gym, surely they passed Pewter before Ash. So Brock should have known them and Damien. But why did Brock act like it's Damien's first time he is meeting?

I know the trainer who picked Charmander. He kinda looked like the same as Ash, but I think its Red. Just saying guys, Red looks like Ash, but I don't know the Bulbasaur one. I saw one of Red's series, his starter was a Charmander, so maybe its Red.
Oh I also found who got Bulbasaur. Her name is Saur.

Could you tell us what episode you got that screenshot from? Because I only remember Red from the manga and there he had a bulbasaur for starter.

I dont know if i can trust manga, I trust real series, Just watch Pokemon the Origin, If u want to see Red, but i dont know what episode u can see Saur. But Ash,Red and Saur are wearing caps except for Gary.

Thats all the proof i have, even Saur's series, Im not sure about her series. She looks beautiful though with Ash and Red together. :)

@Andrew Do you have a link to those series you are talking about? The only thing I seem to find about saur is this.

If you are talking about Pokemon Origins, then you are correct in saying that Red chose Charmander (contrary to the manga, where Red received Bulbasaur, nicknamed Saur), but Origins is based on the games, not on the anime, so that follows a different storyline.

Oh Saur isnt her name, it was the name of the bulbasaur, im not sure about her name, and Red's series is http://animeflavor.com/anime/pokemon-origins. Im not sure about the girl's series.Im not sure of this name alright: Her name is Erica, shes from Kanto, get her pokemon in Pallet Town

@Andrew Well Pokemon Origins is a short spin-off closer to the games compared to the main anime and is not considered canon according to this question and the bulbapedia. So basically Ash looks like Red because Ash is the anime-equivalent of Red from the games and manga, they don't exist together in the same world.

Oh guys Saur isnt her name ok? Saur is the name of the Bulbasaur, Im not sure about her name: Erica

I'm sorry but your answer refers to a different unrelated series than the one the OP is asking about. Please take note that the OP is asking about the Pokemon TV anime and not the Pokemon Origins OVA mini-series. Please take this time to reevaluate your question to align with the TV series the OP is asking about


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Do Rave Master and Fairy Tail share the same world?
There's a crossover work for Fairy Tail and Rave Master called Fairy Tail X Rave. Do these two series share the same world or is it just for the sake of crossover? They even have Dark Bring (Rave) and Magic (Fairy Tail) together.

On the left with pink hair: Natsu - Fairy Tail. On the right with silver hair: Haru - Rave

I'm not sure if they share the same world but they were done by the same man though. xD~ Although I always prefered Fairy Tail. Lol.

The two series are by the same mangaka - Hiro Mashima - so it was this that allowed for the easy crossover OVA, as there were no copyright or licensing discussions that had to be made.
The two series do not share the same world. Rave master takes place primarily in the Continent of Luka, whereas Fairy Tail takes place in Earth Land.
I'm unsure of the overall world name for Rave Master, but there is no Luka in Earth Land and the maps look quite different.

Rave Master World Map

Fairy Tail World Map

I believe that the worlds are not the same but parallel like Edolas. The fact that the rave people came to fairy tail was probably by mistake just how some of the Edolas people got to earth-land. The two anime/ manga are written by the same man, but the fact he linked them could be seen as an Easter egg as some or no ova's are cannon, however in my personal opinion weather it's an OVA or not, the fact that they linked is clear enough to me that they are in fact parallel. However many things are the same in both animes like the jiggle but gang, indicating to me once again it is parallel and characters can move from one place to another. :)
Nyaaaa~

They also share Ploo. Lucy summons him often enough, and it is Ploo from Rave Master, at least from him deflating in hot water and other silliness that we have seen in the anime.

No, they only share the same mangaka and drawing style. In both, the Etherion is present. It is also similar but not the same thing.
In both we see parallel twin worlds, but they are differently meant.


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How much of the manga plot does the anime of Aku no Hana cover?
I just started watching The Flowers of Evil, and I just noticed that the anime was produced before the end of the manga. If that's the case, it seems reasonable to conclude that some manga plot points might have been omitted from the anime.
Given this, how much of the manga plot is covered in the anime? (Approximately which portions of the manga have been covered there, and does the plot diverge anywhere?)

The anime being only 13 episodes long covers up to chapter 20 (page 101 in volume 4, with chapter 20 being the second chapter in this volume). In the second part of the 13th episode we see a preview of the next season and the moments shown are mainly from the 5th and 6th volume.
{Source: I own all of the translated volumes and have watched the anime}
Aku no Hana (The Flowers of Evil) original manga by Shuzo Oshimi was recently concluded at 11 volumes.
As for the second part of your question, the anime staff have taken quite a few liberties in the direction of the anime. Major plot points are of course included in the anime adaptation. The main plot is the same, but as with many anime adaptations some scenes were cut off, others were a little changed. What is more, some reactions from the characters are different in some scenes, which gives the viewer a slightly different image of the character. I can't give you specific differences though (which as I said don't alter the plot, so no worries there), without possibly spoiling the story for you, as you didn't mention how many episodes of the anime you have watched.
Also, a special episode at the end of volume three isn't included in the anime adaptation and I doubt it will be, except perhaps as an OVA, as it is a small story about Nakamura and another guy back in middle school.
One major difference, irrelevant to the plot, is the artwork, which is absolutely different, and as a result the "feel" of the characters and the atmosphere that both versions give to the audience/reader are different.
Knowing that this shouldn't be part of my answer, I would however strongly recommend reading the great manga that Aku no Hana is.

Feel free to give some examples of specific differences (since that might be useful in the future or for other people) - just use the spoiler markdown.

Just wanted to emphasize the last two paragraphs of the answer: The anime and manga both have a different feel to them. I would suggest enjoying both of them.
The manga just finished, and is considerably longer than the anime, so you might want to watch the anime first, or read the manga alongside the anime (which is what I did).
The anime really captures the atmosphere that the manga builds. I hope they eventually animate the rest of the story.


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What are the answers to the riddles?
In Akuma No Riddle, each episode contains one riddle - Usually In the episode title or texted to Azuma.

Haru and Azuma figure some out, but as far as I know, not all the questions are answered.
I might have just overlooked them though...

What is the World is Full of? (Haru answers" forgiveness")
What's in your heart? (Azuma answers "Blood")
What's Red, But Isn't Red?
What Comes Suddenly and Never Leaves?
What do you need in order to let a caged bird free?
Beautiful Flowers Have Their _________?
What Can Never Be Caught Up To?
Which Gatekeeper is the Liar?
What Dwells In Your Heart? (Make-up Test)
Who Is The Queen?
How to Distinguish a Congratulation from a Curse?
Therefore, the World is Full of __________?

What are the answers to the riddles?

Also at some later ep he mentions that there are not true answer to any of the riddles other than what your hearth gives you or something.

Number 11 seems like a play on the two kanji. My answer would be 礼 (thanks/gratitude/blessing) or 礻 (altar). 祝 (a congratulation) and 呪 (a curse) share the same kanji, 兄 (brother[older]/a close elder figure). Celebrations/thanks are basically a prayer for happiness.

To avoid spoilers. As Prix mentioned, there are no definitive answers to the riddles. The answers that Haru and Tokaku come up with are simply "their own answers." The riddles are presented to Tokaku in situations where she fills in the Riddles with answers that have been decided based on her current situation and mental state.
1. What is the World Full of? (Haru answers" forgiveness")
11. Therefore, the World is Full of ______?

One might answer "lies" for the second, while Haru answers "forgiveness" for the first. However both Haru and Tokaku's situation and mental state are drastically different. 1. being a sort of happy/mellow situation with her class mates, 11. being dramatic and sad due to the prior events.

Episode 01 - The world is full of ____? = Forgiveness
Episode 02 - What dwells in your heart? = Courage
Episode 03 - What's red, but isn't red? = Blood
Episode 04 - What comes suddenly and never leaves? = Death
Episode 05 - How do you get a bird out of its cage? = Make it trust you
Episode 06 - Every pretty flower has ____? = Thorns
Episode 07 - What can you never outrun? = Time
Episode 08 - Which gatekeeper is the one who lies? = The one who don't tell the truth
Episode 09 - What dwells in your heart? (Make-up Test) = Love
Episode 10 - Who's the queen? = Haru Ichinose
Episode 11 - How to tell apart felicitation from a curse? = ???
Episode 12 - Therefore, the world is full of ____? = Lies

Reference

For the 5th one, I think the answer is to "kill it", like Tokaku's answer.

Not putting questions just what I think should be the answers to this.

The world is full of "lies."
regret.
blood.
a curse.
open the cage door.
Every pretty flower has its "end."
death.
the one who speaks of everything but the truth.
(make-up test) love
Haru
a curse is as spell that's like Carma and a felicitation is a congratulation.
Therefore, the world is full of "hate."

Why do you think these are correct, rather than the other answer with the list? :o

As there are no right answers to these riddles, my answers are:

Hate or Love (The world is filled with both)
Music (What I mean by that is The music of courage or love or hate or whatever you can think of)
Blood (White and Red Blood Cells)
Death (Heart attacks, strokes, etc.)
Kill it (being caged, reality or metaphorically is painful and suffering. I would rather be dead than caged)
Thorns (You may be the most beautiful girl or boy, but underneath all of that sugar, are your own thorns)
Time (Just like the Mad Hatter ran outta time)
Gaslighters and the ones who can't keep promises
Love (no matter who or what you are, you will always have love inside of you)
Haru
Bad Karma vs Good Karma??????????
Lies


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Is the "Manabi Line" a correct way for estimating anime profit/loss?
Reading up on anime sales, I came across the term 'Manabi Line', which is said to be the amount of DVD sales that an anime needs to break even. The article in question quoted it to be about 2,899 sales.
Seemingly, the figure is based off of the amount of sales that the anime 'Manabi Straight' made, and barely broke even.

Considering that there are large ranges of production value and other cost focuses, Is 'Manabi Line' still a reasonable figure for how a series is doing?

This started as a joke on 2ch. The "Manabi Line" represent Manabi Straight's disc sales, which reported barely broke even. Nowadays, people tend to use a a point to indicate a show made money or not. It's not an accurate statistical representation of any series due do how old it is comparatively to modern serials and how much was vested in a production.
Alternatively there's also the "Anime Saving Line," (it's reportedly started by /a/ on 4ch) which is how much Yakaman's Fractale series, he proclaimed was going to save this medium -- it sold 883 units.
Generally these numbers just take in account first week (domestic) disc sales.
This post offers a good breakdown of volume anime disc sales with respect to how successful a series is:

< 1k: Complete failure for late night anime, but is common among mainstream/daytime anime, which rely on other methods to produce revenue such as ratings and merchandising. Examples of this would be Naruto, Bleach, OP, Fairy Tale, Detective Conan, and most noitaminA slot anime.

1k - 2k: Pretty much same as above. Some examples of recent late night anime that bombed like this would be LOLH, B Gata H Kei, and Ookami-san.

2k - 3k: Still a failure, but the show has at least some fans but didn't sale well for various reasons, whether they be not enough hype, relatively boring plot, or too :deep:. Some recent examples would be Occult Gakuin, Shin Koihime Musou, and UraBoku.

3k - 4k: This is around break even point for most anime, or as 2ch calls it, the Manabi line. It's not exactly a failure, since no money was lost, but it's not successful or a hit either, since no money was made. An example of this would be Arakawa Under the Bridge and Ichiban Ushiro.

4k - 5k: This is around where you start to see profit being made. Anime that sale in this area aren't what you would call hits, but it's still a decent accomplishment for late night anime. Recent examples are Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor and Mayoi Neko Overrun. An older one is all seasons of Zero no Tsukaima.

5k - 6k: This is where some of the more prominent anime among the niche market sale. By that, I mean the more memorable titles of a year. They aren't exactly hits in the sense that they're known among outside of otaku circles, but within them they're common names. Recent examples are Motto To LOVE-Ru, Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls, Amagami SS, and Kissxsis here.

6k - 7k: Very good for late night anime. Once again, not hits, but they're doing very well and are moderately popular among the niche market of otaku. This is still within the realm of the 5000-6000 area. Here you have your Seitokai Yakuindomo, BakaTest, and Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~.

7k - 8k: This is where you start to go from being niche within a niche to being broadly popular within the otaku niche. Could be considered a hit among otaku, although this is a sort of gray area in the the sense most anime don't sale exactly in this range, they're either with the 5000-7000 range or skip into double digits. The only anime that comes to my mind immediately that sales in this range are Katanagatari and HOTD.

8k - 10k: This is where you start to see the most memorable anime over years sale, extremely good for late night anime and a mile stone. Still a bit hesitant to call series in this area hits, but their at least extremely successful. The first DARKER THAN BLACK and Sengoku BASARA seasons sold in this area.

10k - 12k: Where you start to see anime staple marks at. These are the series that even people who aren't otaku will at least have seen or heard of somewhere. This are is ambiguous in the sense that stuff that sales higher initially end up here from sales tapering off a bit. Anime in this are usually have initial sales of around 15000-16000 or higher. Stuff like Strike Witches, Durarara!!, and the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index end up here after the first few volumes. Toradora! and both seasons of Shakugan no Shana sold around this area. DARKER THAN BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini also sold here.

12k - 15k: Most anime that end up in the 10000-12000 range overall start out selling around here. As stated above, first season of Index and both seasons of Strike Witches started out here. First season of Hakuouki and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood also sale around this range. Sengoku BASARA Two sales in this area.

15k - 20k: Pretty much same as above.

20k - 30k: Durarara and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood started out in this area but tapered off later on. This area is ambiguous in the sense that the only anime that consistently stay in this area over every volume are heavily otaku supported. Still, some of the most popular anime sales around here. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Azumanga Daioh, and Fate/stay night are the only anime I can think of that consistently sold in this range.

30k - 50k: Godly and legendary. This is where the household name or super popular otaku anime sale. First Fullmetal Alchemist, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, Gundam 00, Haruhi, Angel Beats!, Lucky Star!, K-ON!, etc.

50k - 80k: Nearly impossible. Only TV series that have sold here are Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, and Gundam SEED.

Take note that these numbers are arbitrary and success and profitability may vary depending on the production.


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Why is Koro-sensei's sibling Itona not like him?
When I watch the anime I get excited by Koro-Sensei's new student, Itona. He has many similarities with koro-sensei. So, my question is: why do they look different? Koro-sensei is like an octopus and Itona is like a human.

Your question doesn't mention a Tako? did you mean Itona in the title?

Yeah hehe. I mean why Itona didn't look like tako(octopus) like koro-sensei. @ToshinouKyouko

Ah I see now :)

hehe. Sorry I make you confused :p @ToshinouKyouko

Itona isn't a relation of Koro-sensei.

He is the son of Horibe Electronics Factory's former president. After his father's company went bankrupt, Itona was abandoned by him which became a source of bullying towards him as well. One night, he was found by Shiro who told him that in his eye lies a tenacity for power and that he would help him achieve that power in order to grasp victory.

See more: http://ansatsukyoshitsu.wikia.com/wiki/Itona_Horibe
I presume the similarities lie in the tentacles. Itona's powers are manufactured by scientists, wheras Koro-sensei is an octopus alien.

Ah I get it. Sorry I don't read the manga so I didn't know hehe.

No problem :)  it's a good read

@ToshinouKyouko well if you actually read the latest grey area translations, it's revealed that Koro-Sensei actually isn't an alien......

@Vogel612 :o I haven't read it since the anime started. Feel free to post a better answer :)

@ToshinouKyouko your answer as far as Itona and Koro-sensei's relationship is 100% correct as far as we know from the manga, so I don't think the answer needs improving per se.

As @Toshinou Kyouko explained, Itona and Korosensei aren't actually related.
Koro-sensei was...

 ... originally the subject of human experimentation. His powers are the result of the experiments that were run on his own body.

Itona is considered being Koro-sensei's brother because...

 ... he received his tentacles from the same scientists who experimented on Koro-sensei. His powers are inherited from Koro-sensei.

As for why they don't look alike:

 Itona had his tentacles implanted into him. Those tentacles were most likely originally part of Koro-sensei's body after the latter turned into the octopus we now know and "love". Unlike Koro-sensei, his body didn't actually change.

Koro sensei was actually human once , he was formerly the reaper before his apprentice turned him in and stole his name, he was then experimented on by shiro and grew the tentacles after escaping the facility and killing his best friend and destroying the facility.

Please include relevant sources/references. If possible, avoid repeating information from previous answers.

Koro-sensei and Itona are not blood related at all, it's the tentacles that make them both fall in the same category "family".
This brother relationship was first mentioned by the official guardian, as to make Itona confused about his relationship with Koro-sensei. He intended to kill Koro-sensei with the help of an enraged Itona, but as obviously failed.

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Who was the first tsundere character?
It's not like I like tsunderes or anything, I'm just interested in anime history okay?!
I just happened to be on the site, so don't get the wrong idea!
Geez, j-just tell me who the first tsundere was already, Baka!

EDIT: For clarification, I'm looking for the first known character that expresses tsundere qualities, rather than the first character that was labelled tsundere.

When you widen the scope to more than just anime&manga, I am quite sure that you can find examples of that characterization far earlier. There is nothing new under the sun, especially in writing fiction.

According to The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan, Lum Invader from Urusei Yatsura is possibly the first tsundere to exist (and also potentially the source of all moe)

Urusei Yatsura started manga distribution in 1978 and Lum's cold exterior (but in actuality being kind and loving) accrued her the title.
However, Sayaka Yumi from Mazinger Z (1972) appears earlier in history than Lum, despite the popular support for Lum's claim. Sayaka, whilst generally a pleasant character, is brutish and brash towards the main character's affections - despite having a crush on him.

Lum being the first "tsundere" is something that no one actually familiar with the show would claim. Like the preceding user said, Lum would never shy or be embarrassed to show affection openly - quite the opposite actually: she would probably love to be able to get Ataru to be a little more honest about his felling. At best, she could be a low-level Yandere, and even that is a BIG stretch. A real yandere would actually kill "onichan" if he is outside her grasp, while Lum would just severely punish Ataru if she thinks that she can still be with him.

In multiple cases she was ready to leave Ataru and go on with her life when she tough that there was no future for them to be together.

"Tsundere" is a rather new term which came into popularity in 2005, and an early account of its use was in 2002.
Thus, to apply the term to any character created before 2002 or so, a tsundere would be categorized as such retroactively. In this case, the character was not techincally tsundere when it was created, since the mangaka/director/whoever did not consciously have the concept of tsundere in mind at that time (we could say that the character became tsundere afterward, since tsundere wasn't a thing at the time that the character "lived and breathed").
The character type has existed for a long time, but Japanese fans might disagree on who is the earliest character to whom the label could be applied to. It is likely that the term would not be bothered to be applied to characters from obscure series or to supporting characters from early anime works simply because those characters are not famous, even if they would fit the definition. So it is very debatable to declare which character is the earliest tsundere, unless Japanese fans settle upon a generally-agreed list of which older characters count as tsundere.
To assess this based on English-language sources would be to rely on the opinions of otaku from non-Japanese worldviews/cultures to delineate which characters are retroactively tsundere and which are not. This is problematic, because 1) tsundere is originally a Japanese concept and thereby should be mainly fleshed out by people within Japanese culture, who are not yet generally resolved on a standard definition of tsundere (from the Japanese Wikipedia: 「現在ではインターネットスラングを起源とするとされ、そのため定義も多様で、確定していない。」 ["Since the origin [of the word] is internet slang, there are a variety of definitions, so [the meaning] is not firmly determined."]), and 2) the further back in anime history we go, the less anime was exported to non-Japanese audiences, which means that the selection of early characters that global fans have been exposed to is likely far more limited than the number of characters that long-time Japanese anime fans are familiar with. This means that the earliest character that an international fan can recall might not be as old the earliest character a Japanese fan could be aware of. So it seems ambitious/pretentious to assume that a character well-known internationally actually happens to be the earliest tsundere, since another character which never became known or popular outside of Japan in the 70s (for example) might be an earlier tsundere than any renowned character.

I would argue that the term can be retroactive - tsundere character attributes came from earlier series characters, who by today's standards would be tsundere. Would it not be correct to call a caveman's axe an axe?
As for leaving this question to Japanese sources, many english-language resources refer to Japanese sources themselves, so I don't see why they are invalid - for example, the claim about Lum being the source of the tsundere trope is from an interview with Comiket organiser Koichi Ichikawa.
If you wanted to be pedantic about this, many questions on this website should be removed.

@Toshinou Kyouko, I didn't have any concerns or issues with the question you asked, I simply wanted to offer a tempered answer. If there is a Comiket interview which refers to Lum, it should be cited instead of the English Wikipedia so that the reader can easily see the evidence for what you're explaining. If you have a citation for Sayaka Yumi being generally agreed upon by Japanese fans (and beyond), that would be great (the link provided didn't supply an argument as to how we could know whether she was the earliest or whether there could be another earlier character who qualifies).

It is not a matter of whom the fans recognize as being one or not. All of this can be objectively measured, and is not restricted to members or one subculture or the other. so 1) Tsundere as a personality can be objectively defined, 2) list of characters in anime/manga works can be objectively defined, and a personality analysis of them can be done. Aside from missing some earlier / obscure work, one can define early tsunderes. -1

Pipiko as known as "Pipi" was the first Tsundere in an anime show called "Triton of the Sea (Umi no Toriton) in 1972" was published by Osamu Tezuka.
She was found in Northern sea in a cool place. She wanted to become the queen of the Northen sea because she was the last mermaid
(Actually she still a badass Tsundere mermaid! xD ).
She's not very polite to a heroic young boy named "Triton". Triton saved her from a sea monster, but suddenly, she hated him. Why, is because after he strong saved them, all the other seal friends cheered him to become the part of the Northen sea. Proteus told Pipi that she was the Triton of all the sea and she has to stick with Triton, but she doesn't care about becoming a Triton although she hated Triton for obeying his order.
Pipi has a trick planned to get rid of him. She called Bach (His a friend of Pipi) and said that she will use an island illusion to trick Triton. She called Triton and together to find the island. Pipi's plan works tried to get rid of him.
Pipi was kidnapped by Minotus.
Triton said to her we have to get out of this place, but she wasn't listening to him. Proteus told them that they have to get out of this place before Minotus exterminate us.  Pipi and Triton moved to an Island full of Dolphins and yep, she such a hater of Triton. She declaims to escape from him to go back her home. Triton shouted at her not to go back there and it's dangerous!
Next day, She missed her family and all of her seal friends. She hated sleep under the palm trees and sand. Triton said
"Is anything you wanted me to do?"
Pipi stubborn him for a while and show her anger expression. A second later, she answers,
"I felt uncomfortable to sleep here and THERE'S NOTHING TO DO IN THIS PLACE, IT'S TOO BORING!" she let a hmpt sound turning her head and ignore him.
Triton decides to make a house for her. He destroys all the palm trees with his deadly sword. Pipi screams and told him not to used his deadly weapons.
"IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME, HUH!!!"
Triton used another way to get rid of the palm trees out. He calls all his dolphins to pull the palm trees out.
A few minutes later, Pipi was abused by Iru and Karu. Fin protecting her from them to stop abusing her. Pipi threw a rock at them unfortunately, she was punished by Triton!
She hated Triton and the other and manage to swim back to where she's belonging. Triton finds her although she's getting in deep trouble.
Once, He found her. She struggles with him and she told him she wanted to let go of him.
Triton against the sea monster and stabbed in the stomach.
Triton and Pipi now returned to the island where they finished building a house for her.
Next morning, Pipi call Triton and she wants to play a racing game. Triton was sick of her and said no thanks. She started to play rude thing to him.
Pipi: "Oh, because you're human, but you don't have a tail hahaha!"
Triton splashed on Pipi with an annoying anger expression.
She shouts back at him and said "BAKA!!!!"
Lucas the white dolphin came to her and asked that Triton has gone to help the human to defeat Doriate. Pipi was happy for him to leave (She hated him 93%).
On episode 10 "Come back Pipi",
Triton saw Pipi sitting on the rocky pool. She was annoyed him and pull out a raspberry at him. She was such a Tsundere to him and he disliked her. Pipi told all her information about her old friend from the Northern sea. Triton laughs at her with a grinning face. She then swims away from him not to talk to him anymore.
Pipi upset about him and along came a little yellow fish came by her. Pipi is only nice to the sea creature instead of a human. She helps the little fish to find her way back to her home.
They play tag and having fun together and unfortunately, they were almost trapped by the Poseidon's guards. The guards didn't know they were at. Pipi and the little fish hide from them and didn't make it for her home. They go back to the island where Pipi new home was. She thanks the little fish and suddenly, Triton shows off his angry expression. He shouted at her.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN, PIPI!!!".
Pipi doesn't want to say about she's leaving the dolphins island and turned her head without looking at him.
Triton was even cross at her to waited for her answer. He walked up and shouted at her.
She told him she was trying to leave this place and go back where she belonging.
He smack her and yells at her not to go back their even he told her 10000000000 times!!!!
He asked her she has to stick with him and he even told her she's the Triton. Pipi don't want to be a stupity Triton.
She cries all day night in her hut. All of her fellows sang to her to cheer her up, but she still hated Triton. She wants him to leave this place.
Pipi found unusual huge pink shell ties from fin's back. Fin told her to be careful because this shell is belonging to Triton's family. She told her to listen to the sound effects of the shells. It was his family sounds. she thought for a moment. They told her the truth is she is the Triton. Pipi threw a shell toward far away from the island and she does not hesitate for that Triton.
After that, Triton came back from defeating Doriate. He told her she was a Triton. He told her that her family and mermaid groups were all dead by Poseidon and the Triton left was the onliest community who survived.
She told Triton a liar and having enough of that talks. Triton let her hesitate about what she had done from the beginning past.
Almost to the last episode of Umi no Triton, She is now better o know everything about Triton's rules.
Well, that all I've got to tell you about Pipiko. She is the first Tsundere anime mermaid in the anime series.
Here's the picture of her

The term is relatively new so it's hard to tell what character does or does not count.
However, the oldest character I know of that fits the definition, is 1813's Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. If you've read it then you very well know he fits the character type.

In deference to the previous poster, imo is more Tsun than Dere.
It legit sounds like she just hates him outright.
I usually mark the first actual Tsundere as Akane Tendo.  Again, not created with the archetype in mind because it didn't exist yet.
But even in the first opening, Don't Make Me Wild Like You, she lays out both her grievances and her affections for him, and how she's just not ready to face up to all of it yet, so let's just try to be friends for now.
In the show, she is the stereotypical tsundere - teasing and tormenting Ranma, calling him a pervert and a crossdresser, forcing him into awkward situations - but at the same time, she's the first to show up with a kettle of hot water when he needs it, the first to carry him home when he can't walk, the first to get jealous when another female is even remotely friendly towards him.
The fact that he, himself is not much better than her in that regard only aggravates her only tsundere tendencies into such extreme levels that she literally sits on par with any modern tsundere who was intended to be one.  In fact most of the typical tsundere qualities, if not all of them, are found in Akane Tendo - from the hair flips (when her was still long) - to the pouting - the teasing of the main character - needing to be saved by him but never immediately grateful -the fated romance between the two - even lesser used tropes like the tsundere being inexplicably attractive to every other male in the show except the main character (who still likes her anyways).
So, in summation, everyone has a different answer that fits their idealized concept of the tsundere concept, and no one else quite gets it right.  The best way for you to determine the original tsundere is to watch classic anime yourself.