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How exactly were Ryuji and Taiga planning to elope after his 18th birthday, given the Japanese marriage law?
In ep. 23, after both protagonists fall into the cold water below the bridge (astonishingly, without breaking any body parts in such shallow waters), Ryuji proposes to Taiga, and tells her that they could stay on the run until he is 18, and then marry.
From the US embassy orientation about Japanese marriage:

Article 731 to 737 of the Japanese Civil Code stipulates the following requirements:

The male partner must be 18 years of age or older and the female partner must be 16 years of age or older.
In addition, for Americans, you must be able to legally marry in your home state; if the legal age of marriage at home is 18, you cannot marry earlier than that in Japan.
A woman cannot get married within six months of the dissolution of her previous marriage. According to Japanese law, this is to avoid confusion as to the identification of a child's father if a birth occurs close in time to the end of the marriage.
Most people related by blood, by adoption or through other marriages cannot get married in Japan.
A person who is under 20 years of age cannot get married in Japan without a parent's approval.

The last line means that they would have to keep on the run for two more years if they were to marry without consent.
Is it supposed to illustrate a blunder caused by a lack of information with the teenage characters, or there was a way for them to get married without parental consent?

parental consent may not be the case because Ryu's family know about it and they approve it. And for running it may mean to be mature enough to take responsibility when they reach that age.

@mirroroftruth does it mean that the woman (below 20) can marry without parental consent?

I don't know about that case. But Taiga parent may approve it if we look at the relation between Taiga and her parents at end.

So I'll admit it's taken a long time to research this question, but my conclusion is thus:
They were teenagers in love, unaware that they couldn't just elope.
My believe is that they could not have directly eloped, and would have to be on the run for an additional two years to satisfy Japanese law.
Not just that, but the reality of figuring out how to survive while living like that - a subject touched on towards the end of the series, but not really fully fleshed out - would've likely proven too hard for them to survive.  Without any steady source of income, and even with a place to stay, their chances of surviving without a larger support network (yes, besides their friends) would've been very, very small.
However, there are loopholes to this scenario.  That is, there are reasonable scenarios which could have occurred that would've cleared these hurdles.
Please note:  these are conjectural, and based only on the evidence we have at hand.  I wouldn't say at all that this would occur; I wanted to explore the possibility.

Starting with Taiga, we can see that there are cracks in her relationships with her parents.  At this point, we know this because

 Taiga initially stormed off because her mother is pregnant, and will be introducing a new child into her family.  Taiga takes umbrage to this, and would rather not be in her mother's family.  Her father has already left town and would not be in a position to be a "parent" of any kind to her.

Given that, and how their relationship had progressed at that point, it could be seen that Taiga could have received approval from her mother to get married.

 Note that in the last episode, a voice mail left by Taiga's mom which sounded like furious resignation could've cleared the path to her becoming emancipated (as I as an American understand it), and would've been the start of her being able to get married before 20.

From Ryuuji's side, his perspective is a lot less clear due to his familial circumstances, but there is an angle that could have been exploited.

 After he ran off with Taiga, Yasuko had started to see Ryuuji as more of an independent man.  Even though her burning wish was to see her son succeed academically - a part in which she failed and genuinely wanted her son not to fail - after his brief but sharp rebuke, she could be seen as respecting Ryuuji just a bit more.

Even though Yasuko was heartbroken, it could be conjectured that Ryuuji could've asked her for her approval...after she was found.

 Note that Yasuko cut off all communication with the world, essentially, after Ryuuji ran off.  The only way that anyone got in touch with her was by telling her that Ryuuji was with her parents.

That would've opened up the dialogue somewhat, and could have allowed Ryuuji to gain his mother's permission to marry.

If I remember correctly, they were going to live with Ryuji's grandparents -(Wikia Article -Valentine's Day Arc third paragraph) - who would then act as legal guardians for them.

Ryuuji and Taiga pack for a long trip; but when Ryuuji spies Yasuko's note he realizes she had run away, like a child, and he convinces Taiga that they should visit his grandparents

Supposing the laws are similar here, parental consent could be substituted by consent of a legal guardian.

It would be nice if you cite the source of "they were going to live with Ryuji's grandparents" - manga? anime? LN?

I am talking about the anime here. As far as I am aware, the manga is not yet at that point, and the  LN was still publishing when the anime finished.

Legal Guardian in paper . . . which is not Ryuji's grandparents


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What's the anime where people kill monsters?
I believe I saw this anime for the first time in 2012 or 2013. It could have been as early as 2009 as well. I do not know the name. It is not Soul Eater or Death Note as far as I can recall or determine. The art style is normal anime. It does have some blood but not overly gore from my recollection.
In the beginning, a high school male teenager approximately 18 years old was walking along a street. I believe it was Tokyo urban areas. He was attacked by a large monster. It killed numerous people around him and ate their spirits, presented as a blue flame. As the monster continued to attack, a female warrior appeared, fought the monster and defeated it. The people who were killed did not know they were dead and continued to 'live' for approx 5-8 days, when their flame ran out. I believe they were called lanterns.
The teen, who survived the attack, discovered through the course of the show that he was actually a lantern himself. Somehow he was able to exceed the 5-8 day limitation. He aided the warrior woman in fighting and killing other monsters. Along the way, they found relics, specialized items that can be used to kill monsters. This warrior woman belonged to a limited faction of people who hunted these monsters.
Closer to the end of the show, another woman showed up to assist in the destruction of monsters, because as of late, lanterns appearances have skyrocketed. In the final battle, the teenager and the women faced off with a powerful evil on a wooden roller coaster. At the end, the monster was destroyed and the teen's lantern flame burned out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakugan_no_Shana (If anyone wants to expand this to a proper answer, feel free.)

Shawn, you are good. That is the one! I was off on a few details such as the year (early 2000's) and the terminology (torches) but you were able to give the correct answer. Shakugan no Shana!

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What anime, fanart, or random art is this girl with a gun from?
I don't know which anime/manga/fanart this is, but if you could help me, thanks in advance!

Original link: http://www.imgbase.info/images/safe-wallpapers/anime/anime_girls/35522_anime_girls_anime_girl_with_gun.jpg

Image from shuushuu. Click to enlarge!
This image is from the video game Soul Worker Online. Your image is mirrord and the Soulworker Lion Games watermark is removed.

Soul Worker is an anime action MMORPG which takes place in the
  Cloudrealm, a now vacant city which only harbors the psychics and a
  horde of monsters. Players will learn about the fate of the city and
  the reason for the disappearance of all inhabitants through the course
  of the game, as well as possibly finding a way to reverse this
  catastrophe.

Image from liongames. Information from freemmostation.

I think this should nail it: http://mmoculture.com/2014/03/soul-worker-china-server-announcement-horrifies-the-gamers/

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Is the golden armor (Garo) the only one that must be passed from ancestor to descendant?
In Garo: Honoo no Kokuin, we see that the golden armor (Garo) can only be passed down to one's lineal descendants (for example, from Anna's father [the former Garo] to Leon and Alfonso).
What about the other armors, like Zoro and Gaia, though? Do they have any restrictions on who can use them? Regarding Zoro, in episode 24, we learn that

 Germán's child with Ximena is going to inherit Zoro. That doesn't necessarily mean that Zoro has to be passed lineally, but it does sort of suggest that that might be the case.

On the other hand, it looks like Gaia doesn't have any restrictions based on bloodline, since Raphael was able to pass Gaia onto Alfonso, and I don't see how Raphael could be a lineal ancestor of Alfonso - Raphael is not Alfonso's father (the king), nor his maternal grandfather (the former Garo), nor his paternal grandfather (presumably the previous king, who must be long dead), and anybody from Alfonso's great-grandparents' generation should also be dead.
Answers based on the tokusatsu version are welcome if they make sense in the context of the anime.

According to my understanding, the Silver Knight's armor follows similar rules to the Golden Knight's. Note: I've heard it said a couple times that the third series Yami wo Terasu Mono was retroactively declared non-canon, which would get rid of the sole instance in which a Golden Armor was inherited by a random. Further note: YWTM was utterly disappointing making it the sole entry into the franchise I didn't watch completely.


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An anime with a scene where the protagonist fights against biological dolls
I saw this 2008/2009. I think it was one of the last episodes but I liked the anime instantly. I remember only the fight scene. The protagonist was tough guy with a blonde hair tied to a ponytail, military sort, wearing round rimmed glasses and was fighting a sort of little girl, in a factory or lab if I remember it right. He was using guns. He thought he killed her but then it turned out she was actually some sort of biological doll or AI or something. Then all of a sudden, there were more of those little girl dolls.
That's all I remember. I've been searching a long time, help would be appreciated.

This sounds a lot like a scene in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. Ponytail-san would be Batou. Those are his cyborg eyes, not glasses.


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How is Sakura's and Shinji's relationship different in Realta Nua?
On the Beast's Lair forum post about the Fate/Stay Night Realta Nua PC English Patch, there is this item in the FAQ:

Q: I want to view the original 2004 version of the
  relationship between Sakura and Shinji, but I don't
  want to view the H scenes, what can I do?
  A: We're working on something to accomodate this request.
  In the meantime you need H scenes on to view the original
  version of the Shinji/Sakura relationship. If you don't
  want to view the H scenes but want to see thier original
  relationship, then my advice would be to, starting from
  Day 5 of HF, turn H scenes on when Shinji is in a scene
  or is mentioned, and on Day 14 make sure you have H scenes
  on until you see the last Shinji scene.

This can also been seen in this link.
Now i am assuming that what it's talking about is that in Realta Nua, Shinji's and Sakura's relationship is different compared to the original game. In the original Fate/Stay Night their relationship was that Sakura would became the new head of the Matou family, which Shinji believed he was entitled to, and when Sakura felt sorry for him, Shinji thought she was submitting to him which lead to years of physical and sexual abuse.

 This leads to Heaven's Feel where Shinji attempts to rape Sakura, threatening her that he'll tell Shirou about what he has being doing to her and claiming that Shirou won't want to have anything to do with her after that. Sakura snaps and kills Shinji and then realizes she's the Shadow.

However, when I played it, there was no depiction of rape so I can't understand how or why Shinji's and Sakura's relationship would be different in Realta Nua. How is their relationship different, and why would it be changed? If Sakura's sexual abuse is cut out from Realta Nua does this mean her abuse at the hands of Zouken and his worms is also altered, and if so, how?

There was attempted rape, and description of rape in past tense, but no actually rape scene in the original game. All of that, including H-scenes are removed in the newer Realta Nua version.


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What's this picture of a smiling character with blue eyes and light hair from?

I wonder where is this image from. Does anyone know its origin?

It seems to be primarily used as somebody's avatar on a number of discussion sites.  Perhaps you could ask them?

I am aware this post is old, but people looking for this same image is going to stumble upon this so I might as well just end the frustrating search.
Here you go :)
The picture is from the cover page of Magicians Don’t Turn Back!, a Touhou doujinshi by Saku Saku Tei.
I spent so many hours I don't even want to say how man.

Very nice find indeed

It's extremely difficult to determine its origin/source. The best I could find is this image, which can be traced back to at least as early as April 10, 2009:

She sure does look like Marisa Kirisame from the Touhou Project, even though her eye color in canon is either red (in the PC-95 era) or the more popular yellow. I include two images of Marisa for comparison:

Original artwork of Marisa by Mokku (cropped).

Blue-eyed Marisa in Labyrinth of Touhou 2, drawn by Juugoichie.

Looking at the wiki it would be a very close match, they both have a matching braid down one side and the white at the top left corner would be the frills on the inside of her hat

Yep, quite a close match here: http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th128MarisaKirisame.png (from in the Wiki article)

Source: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=17339988


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In terms of Comiket-related metrics, what are the most popular franchises of all time? (Touhou and...?)
I would like to know what the most popular franchises of all time are, when viewed through the lens of Comiket.
By "Comiket-related metrics", I mean things like: number of circles participating; number of distinct doujinshi sold; total number of doujinshi sold; or any other such metric that you think would make sense. I'm not sure which of these metrics have data readily available, so any of them will do, really. I'm looking for data taken in aggregate since Comiket 1 in 1975, or at least as far back as data is available. I'm not looking for information about what was most popular at C87 (the Dec 2014 Comiket) or any other recent Comiket in specific.
Now, that said, I'm fairly confident that the number-one most popular of all time is going to be Touhou - it's been at the top of the Comiket "charts" for a long time now (in the comments, Logan suggests it became really popular in 2002). So what I'm really interested in knowing is what comes in second place on down. I really have no idea what might even be on the list besides Touhou - maybe something long-running like Nanoha or PreCure or Gundam?

I thought Touhou took off at Comiket around the time PCB was released, which would be around 2002 or 2003, not 1996. Before that it was pretty obscure from what I remember.

@LoganM You're probably right. I don't really know anything about Touhou.

There is a small amount of officially-released statistical data in English here.
The "History of Comic Market" section of the "What is Comic Market" PDF shows a chronology chart of the number of participating circles (32 in the first Comiket, up to 550,000 in a recent Comiket), and the following pages of the PDF list more specifics.
In terms of volumes of doujinshi sold and the types of them, I do not beleive that the specific info you seek has been collected.  Comiket is massive and when I sold doujinshi there last year, all of the booths in my area just started closing up shop near the end of the day, without (as far as I know) being required to keep track of how many volumes we sold nor needing to report that number to the organizers of Comiket.
The best way to attempt to measure which series are represented would be to get ahold of the massive phonebook-sized program booklet from each year and count the number of circles that used a particular series as its sole illustration in the book to advertise its work.  For example, how many picked to use Cardcaptor Sakura, how many picked to draw Evangelion, etc. However, this would only give you a general sense, since of course one circle might draw doujinshi for more than one series, and might even not choose as its one illustration entry in the guidebook whichever series that it sells the most volumes of.
From what I saw when I was there, and from looking through the program book of that year, Nanoha, PreCure, and Gundam were not big representations (Nanoha and PreCure are not long-running, anyway, as far as Comiket is concerned - they're pretty new series when you consider everything that's been produced since 1975). The ones I saw represented a lot were more old-school ones like Evangelion and series from that era; this also makes sense since the original otaku of such series would largely be in their 30s and 40s, even early 50s now.  It should be noted that about 90% of the doujinshi I saw for sale was all hentai (not the tasteful, romantic sort, but the explicit sort), so the target demographic would reasonably have some bearing on which types of series are represented (i.e., what kind of series do the people who like hardcore hentai tend to like?). Comiket would not attract many of your average Japanese anime-watching demographics for that reason (I ended up not finding anything to buy). People who like sweet fluff or sci-fi action stories or any number of interesting genres that the realm of anime offers us would not necessarily be interested in the very specific subset of doujinshi that you can find at Comiket. Of newer series, Madoka Magica had some representation.


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Can Shiki kill servants?
My question is related to the Nasuverse in general.
I was wondering if Shiki is able to kill Servants using his Chokushi no Magan.

In general, yes, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (直死の魔眼, Chokushi no Magan, Mystic Eyes of Direct Death) can kill Servants

Beings will have different amounts of lines depending on their complexity. Humans will have a countable amount in geometric patterns. The Dead have numerous lines all over their bodies that make their appearance hard to discern. Members of the Phantasmal Species will have very few "parts vulnerable to death." Those without physical bodies like Servants are also able to be killed.

Source - Mystic Eyes of Death Perception: Lines
This comes from the TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet which is citation 14 in the section I linked to

Q: Since Saber and Gilgamesh have physical bodies in Fate/Stay Night, can Shiki see lines on them? (@LestatDusk)
  A: Not just when they have a physical body, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are effective even when they're in spiritual bodies. For Shiki [Ryougi], if the opponent can be recognized as "living" (not "life", but "live"), she can see the lines of death. For example, the ghosts in Overlooking View were dead, but they were "living" in the sense that they can interfere with the current world.
  Also, why she didn't succeed against the Sarira in Araya's arm is because it belonged to an enlightened one who achieved "becoming extinguished, alive." To kill it by the lines of death means she has to decipher advanced "lines of death" levels higher than the normal concept of death. But what's sad about bones is that rather than having to do that, they'll turn into ash if you burn them. If you have time to be using Death spells, level up and beat it physically.

Source - Citation Note 14
Of course, whether the user can do it is another thing. In the Q & A quoted above, the answer seems to assume that "Shiki" refers to Ryougi Shiki. If we are talking in terms of Tohno Shiki, then it'll be a bit more difficult due to the migraine he suffers from when he takes off the Mystic Eye Killers glasses Aoko gave him.

The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are not infallible. The human mind was not meant to perceive death in such a way, and using it is highly taxing on the human brain, causing headaches. In addition, there are multiple levels of perception; in the beginning, Shiki could only see lines on people and objects, then progressed to seeing dots on living things, then dots on inanimate objects. Each step takes the mind further from natural perception, and each step is more damaging to the brain; eventually the stress leads the brain's blood vessels to burst and death for the user.

Soruce - Tohno Shiki: Abilities 5th Paragraph
Ryougi Shiki is not shown to have migraines from the use of her eyes. Also,

Lastly, the ability to perceive and trace lines or pierce dots does not give the user any added physical capacity to perform the task itself, especially against an unwilling target. [Tohno] Shiki must still get in range, aim, and move his hand by himself, which is not a trivial task against the kind of enemies he faces.

so even with his Mystic Eyes, Tohno Shiki must still be able to stand against a Servant and as mentioned in Ryougi Shiki's page:

[Ryougi Shiki's] combat ability is only possibly around the level of Ciel, allowing her to manage a defensive fight against a being on the level of a Servant. While still much stronger than [Tohno] Shiki, who holds no hope in even competing with a Servant defensively, it is unknown how her abilities work and the speed with which they take effect should she choose to utilize them. She is noted to be the second strongest being in the Nasuverse when not including Servants, under Arcueid Brunestud and above Primordial Demons.

Source - Ryougi Shiki: Third Personality
Tohno SHIKI/Michael Roa Valdamjong on the other hand, while he has Mystic Eyes, they are not the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (though he believed they were the same) and he is only cutting the "life" of a person and not the "death", which is what Ryougi and Tohno do.
I should also point out that while the Mystic Eyes can kill a Servant (given the user's own physical skill), not everything can be killed with them.

The only entity [Tohno] has failed to kill is Night of Wallachia, since it does not exist as an actual being, but instead as a phenomenon that does not "exist" until it occurs. Nasu has also stated that beings such as ORT are immune to Shiki's Eyes, having no concept of "death" in the first place.

I bet the Ryougi Shiki reinforced by Caster will be able to kill Servants at least at the level of Rider. I thought Soujuurou is the strongest TYPE-MOON protagonist when he first arrives from the mountains. Things like ORT just can't be killed even by multiple Servants: I think it is stronger than even Crimson Moon.

@GaoWeiwei however Ryougi Shiki has her third personality where is where the quote came from and the wikia says that her third personality is said to be directly connected to Akasha, aka The Root. also i haven't played Mahou Tsukai no Yoru so i don't know what it means by Soujuurou getting weaker but Ryougi Shiki just looses her urge to kill (which one like Leo can call getting weak)

What about Tohno Shiki's Nanaya mode?

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Why didn't Annie kill Armin during the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls?
I watched the anime and couldn't find a explanation as to why Annie spared Armin's life?

It's reasonable that Annie would think of Armin as a friend, or at least as a harmless civilian, since she trained alongside him.  It's hard to say for sure.

That's true but its kind of hard to tell. Sometime Annie change for personality and act she doesn't care about no one.

Maybe she secretly had crash on him.

Why would she?
Annie, at least in her mind, is not a villain. She may be an antagonist to the main characters in the Anime, but she does not think of herself as a villain. She does not think of herself as evil.
She would not benefit in the least from killing Armin. The only members of the expedition she killed were the ones that threatened her titan form. She trained alongside them, and even had formed bonds of friendship with some of them. Even the explorer corps members were at a discomfort dealing with her, after learning what she did.
Her main goal was to get Eren and deliver him to her masters/employers (it is still unclear who charged her with the kidnapping in the manga - as of chapter 66).
So, her reasons for not killing Armin may be:

Armin was harmless. His vertical maneuvering skills were poor, and even if he were to attack her titan form, she would easily squat him.
She does not think of herself as a monster, or even that she is evil, so she has zero motivation for random killing.
More on her self-image, she is clearly a human that can change into titan (in contrast to Ymir who was a titan for 60 years before gaining the power of shifting). She has a good life with the MP Brigade. She is not a psychopath.
She may have some feelings of friendship or camaraderie towards Armin. Remember Armin has a very likeable personality. He gets along well with everyone.
Regarding her personality, Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki says:

Yet, she somehow does seem to hold a strange fascination and even feelings of respect towards people that have a deep sense of duty and righteousness

And it seems to me that Armin falls under that category.
Maybe killing Armin at that time would take more time than just confirming he is not Eren, and she is in a hurry to complete her goal.
Armin was not alone. Killing him (remember that people actually LIKE Armin) could usher the other explorer corps around into a battle-frenzy to avenge his companion (maybe not likely, but who knows).

Reasons for killing Armin at that moment? Can't think of any.

Also as i recall the tumble off his horse knocked his gear loose making him completely harmless

It is important to the story that we are conflicted about the shifters.  She commits the most heart wrenching killings in the anime 1st season without batting an eye but then also shows compassion for both Eren and Armin and looks like she really wanted to join survey corp.  Annie IS a monster but you are meant to realize that she must have a very good reason for doing (even thought you don't know it at first).  If she killed Armin no ambivalence.

She is not a ruthless killing machine. She has a goal in mind along with

 Berthold and Reiner, which is not yet fully revealed.

SPOILERS IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE MANGA:

 Reiner was present with Armin. If she killed Armin she would have to kill Reiner as well because it would look extremely suspicious that Reiner got out of the fight alive while Armin died (since Reiner is physically superior and he would have to fight until the end if one of his companions is being attacked) BTW, Reiner is the Armored Titan.

Besides the above point: she does have compassion for her friends (as long as that does not conflict with her ultimate goal). When looking into Armin's scared face, she hesitated.
However, I do not think Annie spared his life because Armin was weak. She has killed a lot of other weak members. The only two reasons that I strongly believe she did not kill Armin are the above.

This topic seems to be deliberately not clarified by the manga writer and has been the subject of discussion on several forums for years. Based on that, the following is not an exact answer, but more like a theory about one of the reasons she didn't kill Armin other than friendship reasons and such.

I think it was related to her mission. As we know that several personnel had different information regarding Eren's position, and Annie and her teams already know that Armin is a smart and clever person based on their observations as well as his experiences on Battle of Trost, and might be able to help them locate Eren. Knowing Eren is not on the right wing as informed to Reiner, they improvise and ended up with Reiner indirectly making Armin to think about Eren's whereabouts


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Movie about an old woman telling her life story to a film crew
Way back in 2003-4 my girlfriend at the time was watching an anime with her family.
The things I remember about it are that it kind of gave me a Titanic vibe with the lady re-telling her life story. However, when she told her stories, it transported the film crew (metaphorically?) into the past to record her life story.
I'd love to watch this film again, this time with my wife.

Also sounds like Atonement except there was no explicit film crew.

You are referring to the 2001 film "Millennium Actress" (Sennen Joyû) by director Satoshi Kon.

A movie studio is being torn down. TV interviewer Genya Tachibana has tracked down its most famous star, Chiyoko Fujiwara, who has been a recluse since she left acting some 30 years ago. Tachibana delivers a key to her, and it causes her to reflect on her career; as she's telling the story, Tachibana and his long-suffering cameraman are drawn in.


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Why do the Gold and Silver Brothers in Naruto Shippuden have whisker marks?
I recently watched episode 269, and in a flashback, they had whisker marks BEFORE they got swallowed by Kurama (Nine-Tails) and started eating its flesh.

Most likely an animation error. Nice catch though!

Would you please edit to add a screenshot in?

if you are trying to say that whisker marks should be after possession of Kyubi then you are wrong.

My guess is the author is making a reference to the Maneki-Neko or the fortune cat with the whiskers. It is a tradition that these ornaments brings forth good luck or fortune. Back in the old days, copper, silvers and gold were used as part of the currency exchange, that is why the Maneki Neko is sometimes coated in gold like color.
Towards the end before the Gold and Silver brothers were completely sealed away, Darui did mention something about if a bunch of copper work together, it is worth more than a lump of gold or silver.

And how does this answer the question about a possible mistake in animation?

This is not a mistake in animation error. As I said, the author symbolizes the Gold and Silver brothers with Maneki-Neko (which is a cat). So the whisker traits was inherited from the Maneki Neko, NOT THE 9 TAILS.

its more likely just sloppy animation/after thought.  Naruto had whisker marks before he got infused with nine tails also.

Naruto had whisker marks because he was in the womb of the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki. It is known. I came here because I'm also wondering about those guys. The cat whiskers might make sense unless it is indeed an animation error. But, it can't be, because they shouldn't be taking traits from the kyuubi like naruto did.


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Does Shirou ever learn about Illyasviel being Kiritsugu's daughter?
Does it ever get explored in any of the materials? Does he ever find out?  It seems like she knows about him.

Illya definitely knows that Shirou is Kiritsugu's adopted son. I don't remember off-hand when/where Shirou finds out that Illya is Kiritsugu's daughter, though.

In the Heaven's Feel route, yes, as she says she is in the True End:

 After Shirou kills Kotomine and is about to sacrifice himself to stop the Greater Grail, Ilya appears wearing the Dress of Heaven planning to shut it down herself. Here she tells Shirou that it's her duty as his older sister to protect him.

In the Unlimited Blade Works route, however, she doesn't

 as when Shirou and Rin go to recruit her to help fight Caster, Gilgamesh has already arrived before them, defeated Berserker, and ripped out Ilya's heart, killing her.

I am unsure about the Fate Route; to my recollection, Shirou doesn't find out (am currently replaying) and I have yet to play Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. However, because it also has hints of all the Fate/Stay Night routes in it, I would assume the knowledge of Ilya and Shirou being adopted siblings is assumed.

 Of course, Ilya won't admit this to Shirou anyway in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia as the Shirou in it is not actually Shirou but Avenger assuming Shirou's form and Ilya seems to be aware of the False Grail War.

Isn't Shirou unconscious by that point in the HF ending, though? Illya definitely tells him, but I don't think that Shirou actually hears her.

@senshin i'm quite sure he was conscious because if i remember correctly he is about to project Excalibur but realizes it wont be enough and that's when Ilya turns up

Oh. I guess I'm not remembering that part correctly. Cool.

I thought he found out much earlier in HF. That the knowledge helped move him to swear off Kiritsugu's ideal because of what it did to her. Though I have nothing to back this up with, so maybe not.

@zibadawatimmy I think the part your thinking of is when Shirou abandons Kiritsugu's ideal because to follow would mean he would have to kill Sakura (kill one to save many). I can't remember when the choice actually appears was but i'm sure it's roughly when Sakura is treated by Kotomine and she then runs away, Shirou find out and gives chase and finds her at the bridge and Shirou promises to protect Sakura and that's when they share their embrace in the rain.

im confused, if shes his older sister, then at the begining of unlimited blade works, why does she call him big brother

@NOnneeddddd i would assume Ilya used the term "onii-san/chan" which in same cases would get translated to be big brother but there are times where it isn't used for an older bother like in School Days (see the last spoiler in this answer)


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What plant does Noel use as an umbrella/parasol?
There is a scene in the opening (and several others througout the anime) where Noel is using a huge leaf as a sort of umbrella or parasol.
Is that plant a real one? What plant is that?

Maybe adding an image of this could be a good idea. ;)

@JNat I blame crunchyroll DRM for the lack of one. But krazek to the rescue.

I'm quite sure the anime doesn't say anything to answer this, but the town is modeled after Tōyako, Hokkaido, and Noel can't leave town, so perhaps looking into the indigenous plants would provide an answer. However, the flora in the area are pretty diverse (the area is a national park) so it isn't such an easy task.

I have not seen the anime, but I know of a couple big-leaved plants that grow in Japan. Here are three genera with links to Google’s image search:

Farfugium sp. (ツワブキ tsuwabuki), especially F. japonicum
Hosta sp. (ギボウシ gibōshi), several big-leaved species native to Japan
Petasites sp. (フキ fuki), especially P. japonicum

And then—of course—there exist many more species with big leaves similar to the one depicted in the question. It all comes down to whether the designer based the ‘umbrella’ on real-life plants or just relied on our perceived perception of an umbrella-like plant.


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Which manga is this smiling man from?

I can't seem to find this anywhere I've looked.
All I remember is that:

This man is a deity or demon of some sort.
He threatened the villagers not to come near his mountain, but it
turned out that he found a baby and wanted to raise it there.
The
baby grew in to a man, and soon he fell in love with a lady who loved
him back. However, the villagers didn't like that, and because of a
jealous villager, they killed them both. Years have passed and the
deity/demon found them reincarnated and married with a son.

Does anyone know which manga is this from?

I think you are looking for Tao Tie Jie . The image you posted is from volume 1 chapter 2.


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What timeslips did Aoshima screw up to cause that snowball effect on later TSs?
At the first timeslips he had that suburban life with Ai, but later on, the timeslips were getting more and more locked until he gets to the "goes to Africa and dies" inexorable ending.
Supposing he changed the future only when he acted on info obtained from a TS, what were the ones he messed up to end with that future (before graduation)?
My guess is that he screwed up on the very first one when he told her to stay beside her dying dog, thus giving her the desire to become a vet.
The whole series then showed the future getting more and more deviant.
Is this a viable interpretation? What went wrong?


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What happened to Rukia?
It's been a long time since I watched Bleach, but what ever happened to Rukia? Is it true that she vanished or something like that?

The last time she appeared was at manga chapter 604 - REVITALIZE (until now).
As the manga is still ongoing (currently it is at chapter 608), she will keep on appearing at the following chapters.
You heard she vanished because of the final episode of Fake Karakura Town arc: episode 342    "Thank You". Where Ichigo loses his shinigami's power, so he lost the ability to see her in shinigami form, so she "vanishes" from Ichigo's sight.
From this wiki, this is the moment where she "vanish":

As it becomes harder for Ichigo to see her, Rukia knows this is
  farewell. Mocking Ichigo's sad face, she states she will still be able
  to see him, much to his displeasure. Rukia, disappearing from Ichigo's
  sight completely, leaves through a Senkaimon as Ichigo, bidding
  farewell, thanks her.

No idea where you got the idea that she vanished.
Recent manga certainly feature her, up and fighting.
You say you haven't watched Bleach for a while - it has been off the air for a long time now. No idea when it will come back, if at all.

Its just that i read on wiki that she dissapeared from ichigo's sight or something like that


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Need help identifying school anime with short, blonde female character
Sorry for vague question. All I remember is:

School anime
Pretty sure not harem
Funny
Centers on small group of students, both male and female, maybe a club.
Normal, yellow and white, sweater and tee style uniforms.
Short, blonde female character, flat chested. Not a boobilicious anime.
Not a children's anime, crude humor involved.

Please let me know any suggestions at all! :3

When did you saw it ? When was it probably made ?

I'm going to guess Seitokai Yakuindomo.

School anime

Yes.

Not harem

Well, harems are in the eye of the beholder, but pretty much yes.

Funny

Allegedly.

Centers on small group of students, both male and female

One guy and three girls in the student council

Normal yellow/white uniforms

　(their shirts are white beneath the blazers)

Short, blonde, flat-chested female

See above (Hagimura Suzu)

Crude humor

Oh good lord yes.

Not harem There are at least 2-3 girls hinted to like the main character, so I wouldn't be so sure.


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What anime is this grey-haired character from?

Does anyone know which anime this character is from?

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

The name of this anime is Yosuga no Sora:

Yosuga no Sora (ヨスガノソラ?, lit. Sky of Connection) is a Japanese
romance/drama adult visual novel developed by CUFFS ("Sphere"). The
game was originally released for Windows PC on December 5, 2008. It
was adapted into a serialized manga and an anime TV series. A
sequel/fan disk titled Haruka na Sora was released later on October
24, 2009, which contains new and expanded scenarios for several
characters from the original game.

Plot

Haruka Kasugano and his twin sister Sora have lost both their parents
in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move
out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with
their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and
peaceful, but changes come as Haruka starts to remember things from
his youth.

Read more here.
The guy in the image is Haruka Kasugano:

This image is larger comparing to the one you post in you question:

Their hair look the same in both pictures, so I think this is the anime you are looking for.

at first I was like - "looks like Saika Totsuka from OreGairu". But then I remembered - "Oh gawd, I know this sick dude". And then this answer was posted. Sigh, a few minutes late.


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Why did Rem die in The Last Name?
We all know, that in The Last Name, L survives, by writing his own name in the death note. But why did Rem die then? I mean a shinigami dies when he kills a person, in a way that saves the life of another person. But L didn't die. So technically, Rem shouldn't have died, right?

In that movie, Rem died due to the rule where a shinigami will die if he explicitly tries to extend someone's life by killing another using the death note. This happened because Kira guided L towards Misa as the second Kira. Once L has proven that she is, she will be executed. That's why Rem killed L. And since Rem extended Misa's life by killing L, Rem died (Rule XVII:1).
L didn't die because before Rem did that, L had already written his own name in the death note that they confiscated from the news announcer. By the rules of Death Note, the first one written takes effect while the latter is ignored (Rule XV:1). So since L had already written his own name, when Rem wrote L's name, it did not take effect.
See Death Note Rules.

Rem intended to kill L and Watari to save Misa, L did not expect Rem to also kill Watari so he was only able to save his life from Rem.
So Rem did kill Watari to save Misa.


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Are the Heartseed entities some kind of plant?
The entity(ies) that keep causing the "random" phenomena with the Social Studies Club kids name themselves Heartseed. Sometimes translated as the linked plant genus. Even Wikipedia editors seem to have gone in the same train of thought. But that seems to be speculation.
But since the whole series is about connecting their hearts, it could be the case that they are really heart (as in a human's emotion-holding "organ" in popular culture) seeds.
Are they plant-ish, really?

http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A6%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiospermum_halicacabum Googling the original term in Japanese "fuusen kazura" links to the articles above. Literally, it refers to the name of plants whose seed has a heart shape pattern. I guess since the seed has heart pattern outside, the name metaphorically refers to the fact that they cause people to expose their heart and their inner self?

@nhahtdh  Probably so, maybe I am trying to see if the writer or showmakers had voiced something about that. Maybe it is one of those inspirational sources some Japanese authors have when they fancy some name or category of names and then go all-out, like in Chaika, all the family names are car manufacturers. There may be something there, maybe not, but have to ask nonetheless.


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Before the war, how many races were there?
We know that now, after the war is over and the rules have been made, there are 16 Exceeds, including Imanity.
How many were there before that? Has it ever been mentioned?

I haven't read the whole thing, but I doubt it is ever mentioned, since it is irrelevant to the current storyline.

I guess, we may get the answer in new series No game No life Zero, which will get release in july 2017


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What is the structure of Umanohone?
In the end of Denkigai no Honya-san there is a short scene with a bunch of Uma's employees and the main guy doing the morning drill with them, repeating the standard shopkeeper phrases such as "Welcome, dear customer", "Thank you for your purchase", etc.
From the short frames near the advertisement cut, it can be seen that the Uma store is several stories high and pretty big on the outside. But we only see the inside of the section where the main characters work. That last scene shows that there are a lot more employees in the store and that they work in sections divided by other topics. It seems like there are sections dedicated to items intended for adults.
What is the topic of the section we see? What are the topics of other sections? Also is there a name for such big manga stores?


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Is there a 2nd season for Angel Beats?
I've watched the epilogue of Angel Beats, and it seems Otonashi and Kanade have been reincarnated to meet each other on the street in the real world. In an alternative epilogue, Otonashi is shown to have stayed behind in the afterlife to help people pass on.
Is there a second season?

This question shouldn't be closed as being about "unannounced future events". This is a simple question about the current existence of a second season, whose answer is "no, there is not a second season".

Er, I should add: the nature of the epilogue in Angel Beats does suggest to the uninformed viewer that there could be a second season - it looks very much like a "sequel hook", though it isn't one. As such, I think this question is useful and on-topic.

No, there will be no second season. There is no more story than the one which was released.
List of all the episodes and one OVA here

Key are planning a game based on Angel Beats series. This doesn't mean they are going to do a second season, but, it's possible in a far future.

Kazamatsuri.org recently Posted last April that there will be a second season to the anime.

Yes.
You didn't read that wrong.
After many years of want with no new content in the Angel Beats!
  universe, the fans can finally get more of that wonderful Yui-nyan
  they so desire. Ignored no longer, tried and true fans of this
  magnificent series are set to be blessed with another dose of magical
  Key feels!
Key has taken into consideration many things that they learned from
  the production of the first season and are looking to make various
  improvements going forward. In interview, Key stated that many fans
  found themselves, "despite finding the series perfect, feeling like
  the length and pacing of the show was in question." To counteract this
  major issue, Key have promised not to let things drag on this time
  around and are shooting for a seven episode anime. Furthermore,
  critiques seemed to mention the title's lack of character development-
  So, to balance things out, Key will be adding three times the cast
  with new characters designed by Itaru Hinoni's moe.
The last bit of information we've gotten in this news release is that
  due to wishes for Key to work with its older animation studios, Toei
  Animation will be handling this next season. Concept art can be seen
  below.

But, to many readers' dismay It was an April fool's joke.
Althought this site was considered a reliable one, an admin happilly posted:

We have a valid excuse to lessen our own reliability on only one day every year. Live a little :wink:

Here is a screetshot of a magazine talking about AngelBeats! Season 2

The picture is probably from MEGAMI magazine as well, and it basically
 has Hinata, Yuri and Kanade in a conversation, talking about mapo
 tofu. Hinata (the one in blue text) asks if anyone has any last words
 to say before the end, and Yuri (The text to the left of the red
 lines):

Look out for the Angel Beats! Second Season where I’ll return as the
    heroine!

A WHATT????!?!?!?!
I’m also a few days late in reporting this, so it might have turned
  out to be a practical joke.
Take this with a grain of salt, but I personally don’t want a second
  season – it ended fine, as is.

UPDATE:
So In your question:

Is there a second season?

the answer [as of the time this post] is typically NO, there is no Second Season of Angel Beats!
Q: what's the sense of this post?
This Post is just to Clarify things.
Anything you find in the Web, pertaining to the second season would either be just a joke (like what the post with yui did) or an just April Fools (like Kazamatsuri.org posted last April).
Thank You for reading :)

what's the point of this post if the source is just an April Fools?

just to clarify that anything pertaining to the second season is untrue.

Then this should be a comment not a post :/

OMG! I wanna flag as inappropriate because you got my heart all open and broke it. But at the same time that's kinda what this anime did. So in the spirit of the anime I'll upvote and say RIP to the only anime that ever made me weep like a 5 year old who lost his dog.


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How did Ki-ja the Hakuryuu (the White Dragon) get this scar?
In the preview for Episode 10 of Akatsuki no Yona, it was shown that Ki-ja had this scar on his back.

It is revealed in Chapter 70.5 - Extra Chapter: Upon That Back of the manga and in the OVA Akatsuki no Yona - Sono Se niwa.

 It was caused by the previous White dragon, who was also Ki-ja's father, at the moment of his birth as a mark of desperation.

Sh*t. And i was happy at least the white dragon wasn't abused as a child.


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What exactly was Tatsuya afraid that Mizuki could discover with her sensitive eyes?
When Tatsuya learns of Mizuki's sensitive eyes, he thinks to himself that he has to take care not to let her discover something about him.
Unmarked spoilers below.
What was it that she could discover with her ability?
Possible things:

The seal Miyuki placed on his abilities (since mantaining the seal uses up her magic processor, it is a kind of ongoing effect).
His special abilities. Like she could sense his use of elemental sight.
The fact he was not a born magician (his mother used a magic surgery to implant a processor in his brain).
That she could catch him using flash casting
Something else?

Also, if the source material can be referenced (like the novels or something), all the better.

2 things:
first - high psion count
second - use of "Pledge" to limit his powers (including psion count)
Mental Interference Magic - "Pledge" is an Outer Systematic Magic. Outer Systematic Magic does not deal with physical objects but spirits or to be more precise pushions.
Mental Interference Magic though not directly deals with spirits (information bodies with pushion core) but there is a high chance that it involves dealing with pushions (In Visitors' Arc - it was Miyuki's magic - Cocytus - which could destroy the parasites. Tatsuya's "Far Strike" could only strip the parasite's outer psion body and force them to enter hibernation.)
P.S. - Cocytus is a form of Mental Interference Magic.
Mizuki has a special pair of eyes which can see pushions. This made Tatsuya afraid of Mizuki. Even among magicians who are sensitive to pushions, Mizuki is a special case. Her eye is known as "Crystal Eyes" (Eyes that can see God). This allows her to see even different shades in spirit's colors.

What is pledge? Sorry, i've seen only the anime. Welcome to Anime.SE nice answer.

If my understanding was correct, he was afraid that she would discover his unique constitution (the extremely high psion count he had) which allowed him to use some of his really overpowered and rarely seen spells such as Gram Demolition. Knowing that he has this specific constitution would make him a suspect when spells that require this constitution are cast.
Tatsuya tried (and failed miserably) to keep a low profile and avoid divulging any information about his powers, as some of these were national secrets (due to him being a special member of the JSDF 101 Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion) and the Yotsuba wanted his and Miyuki's identity as members of the family to remain secret.


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Name of anime where the winner of a competition would inherit the forest
I saw it in 2004/5 so must have been released way earlier.
It wasn't in the normal shoujo/shonen style drawing either.
All I remember is that there was a competition and the winner would inherit the forest. And people from evil compainies were buying/bribing the winners to win and give them the forest for industrial purposes.
Our protagonist is a girl and she is not interested but takes part anyway.
There were some rather quirky moments which I remember such as:

During the competition there was a task where they had to take water out of a big bottle. A lot of them used a straw for this one.
The last round was between the protagonist and an intelligent girl with glasses and a laptop. The protagonist wins after deciding not to answer the question as answering the question correctly would have caused the glasses-girl to fall into the water.

Yep! That's it. Please help me! I really am not able to find this!

I know this anime. It's Baby Baachan.

The main girl is Amika, who fights to save the forest which her grandmother has protected. The other girls are other granddaughters of the grandmother. The grandmother possesses her baby brother's body and tries to teach Amika how to win. She hates it till the end. The rounds go exactly as you say. In between, the grandmother/baby offers useful tips like cutting onions without crying, etc.
I will never forget this anime because the tips in this series helped me a lot in life when I was young. Hope this helped :D


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Song identification from an old anime
I've been trying with no luck to identify this song. It is from an old anime but besides that no clue. Anyone who might know something?

Can you provide the source who led you to this song?
Do you know the anime name?

It is from Saint Seiya. I don't know the name of the track though.

It is Sad Brothers from Saint Seiya OST I, played from the middle. Thanks to @hkBattousai for the clue.


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Looking for old anime with twin brothers fighting their evil wizard father
I am looking for an old anime that I found sometime ago but whose name I have forgotten. Keep in mind that I only saw the first episode but here are the details that I remember of the plot and parts of the first episode I saw.
The story takes place on a world (that may or may not be earth), more specifically on an island, where an evil wizard, along with other wizards, and his anthropomorphic-like animal servants rule over a primitive humanity enslaving them as they live in terror.
This evil wizard was searching for a worthy heir to replace him as a wizard and while ignoring his own wife, he began raiding nearby human villages for beautiful women who he then rapes to produce a son worthy of him.
The first episode begins when in a dark castle the most recent heir is fighting in a arena to prove himself worthy of joining the wizards demonstrating superhuman strength but no magic. When he won the evil wizard, his father, entered his mind and when the boy couldn't resist him having not enough magic to do so, the evil wizard killed him. The boy's trainer tried to protest this later in the wizard's chamber but he ended up angering the evil wizard and he turned the trainer into a talking wolf.
Later the evil wizard sent an army to raid yet another human village, over the disgusted protest of his wife, when to his surprise a young red headed woman stood up to the army. She offered herself to the wizard in exchange that her family and the rest of her village are left unharmed. The wizard keeps his bargain and the trainer, now a wolf, takes the girl to the wizard's castle where she is later raped by the evil wizard. After being taken to a cave outside the castle she gives birth to two red headed twins (I forget the names she gives them but one of them had slightly pointed ears). The wolf takes the pointed ear twin and delivers him to the castle and the mother keeps the other.
That's where the episode more or less ends but there is one other detail I remember that should help. During the episode the evil wizard's wife was begging the moon (the name of the deity that shares the name of the title of the anime) to cure her husband of his madness. The moon answered with visions of the two boys.
Also the anime was English dubbed with sub-English option.
I realize that with all this detail it shouldn't be difficult to find yet I have been unable to find it myself and I can't remember the name of it so if anyone knows what this anime is could you please tell me.

Mhm... Blue exorcist?? Got the brothers Err I don't know, I might be wrong ;-;

It's probably Genma Wars, which is based on the manga called Genma Taisen. It seems to fit your description of the plot and characters (twin brothers, wizard father, kidnapped mother, etc) perfectly. Cheers!

In the distant future, monsters and inhumans roam the land, and the ruling Evil King seeks a human woman to bear him powerful, force-adept heirs. Non offers herself to the Evil King in order to save her village from Ape Clan raiders, and gives him twin sons, Loof and Jin. She and her sons are exiled by the ungrateful villagers, however, and Non's companion Nue (a Demon Clan member changed into a wolf for disobedience) takes Loof to be raised by his father, the Evil King. The Evil One's Queen Parome despises humans, however, and her malevolence towards Loof deepens...

Welcome to Anime and Manga. Can you please expand on you answer by providing a short summary of the series and/or how it matches to what is asked? currently as the answer stands it's a link only answer where the link goes to Youtube which videos can be taken down without warning. without extra information this answer risks becoming invalid


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Looking for anime a sword, an axe and a bow activating robots
I am looking for an old anime in which there are three people (two male and one female if I remember).
One of them has red robot and activates him with his sword, other one is green and activates it with a bow, and the third one is girl in blue and I think she has an axe. And they fight other robots.
Anyone remembers which anime it was?

why you use the live-action tag?

Sorry, mistake. Will remove it now.

This combo is somewhat like Golden Axe.

No, it is not that. The look of the characters is similar like Dragon Ball if I remember well.

I found the answer on some forum. I was looking for Madou King Granzort.

In the future, the moon is a habitable place with atmosphere and gravity and also a famous tourist attraction. There are also stories about a "long ears" creature like rabbits on the moon who can use magic. Haruka Daichi heads off to the moon during a summer holiday alone because he likes to see the long ears creature by himself.
However, he get himself dragged into an acient conflict between two acient moon racess: the "long ears" race and Jado race. Jado race wanted to conquer the universe and resurrect ancient evil powers to seize control of the Earth. Now the "long ears" race and Daichi must seek three warriors who could use magic to release Mado King to fight Jado race and to release "long ears" race`s kingdom, Rabiluna, from Jado race.

The descriptions in the question contain some minor error. According to Wikipedia:

Soon, Daichi, V-Mei and Guri Guri meet two other boys – Gus and Rabi. Gus receives a magic bow that summons Winzart – the Madou King of Wind, while Rabi receives a magic top that summons Aquabeat – the Madou King of Water.


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I can't remember the title of this manga. I read only the first chapter
Basically there is this male student in high school. Waking up and I'm pretty sure he is dazed and unsure where he is. But then a female student with a katana sword walks in and sits down. He sees her, she ignores him. She has long hair and glasses and is very calm, showing a serious, no emotional face. Everyone in the class seems to be having a blast chatting it up. And then as soon as the bell rings for class to begin. Every student starts killing one another. The girl with the katana doing the most work, decapitating students and what not. The male character who woke up is freaking out and hiding and doesn't know what is going on. The girl with the katana comes close to killing him but I believe she spares him and that's the first chapter.

Yakuza girl

Senguu Fumihiro is a young boy that made a promise to his dying grandmother to find a good wife for himself. With this intention he enrolls in a prestigious school but on the first day his world turns upside down when all the students begin to kill each other and one of them even turns into a monster. He is saved by a girl named "Akari", sent to protect him by one of the factions that rule the school.

It sounds like blood c to me, if the girl mainly wears red and black with rounded glasses as well as long black hair in pig  tails then yes it is Blood c.

nope. I checked, not the one. The main character is a guy who is very freaked out due to the fact that every one is being killed right in front of him.


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Manga/Anime of two female secret/military agents featuring countless upskirt moments
I remember an anime that was broadcasted somewhere between 2002 and 2006 on the German MTV.
It was about two female agents if I remember correctly that were members of some secret/military organization.
The most noticeable part is the countless upskirts and bra flashes the series showed, never anything more revealing.
One of the two females is rather small and both mainly use simple handguns in combat. Can someone help me find the animes name?
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writing these details down, bopped a title to my head.. Noir.. But I'm not quite sure yet and I can't verify that right now, as I am in the office.

I don't think Noir has a single upskirt shot. And definitely not countless.

...all of them?

could it be Excel Saga?

Could it be Agent Aika? It features the main character (older woman) Aika and her partner Rion. There's a lot of fan service, especially panty shots and bra shots. It was released as an OVA in 1997 but was aired on several German TV channels.
The character designs practically make it impossible not to see panties
More info:

Anime News Network
Wikipedia
MyAnime List
Agent Aika Wikia

I also think Aika is the most likely candidate. Although OP said "nothing more revealing" than panty- and bra shots. IIRC Aika also had a few topless scenes. It might have been a censored cut, though.

I also find Aika to be the most likely candidate as it is the epitome of the panty shot anime.
However, there is also another candidate which fits the description: Aika's spiritual successor Najica Blitz Tactics which ran on the other German music TV station Viva in 2004.

Produced by the same studio (Fantasia) under the same director (Katsuhiko Nishijima) as Aika, it also features an older and a younger female agent and lots and lots of panty shots. However, the most memorable difference is that the younger character is an android (gynoid?) whose character development gets much story focus (not as much as her underwear, though).
More info:

Anime News Network
MyAnimeList
TV Tropes
Wikipedia

And when I may post a personal opinion: I consider it far superior to Aika in story, visuals and fanservice and it is a pity that this anime never reached the same cult status as Aika. Maybe that's because Aika was "so bad it's good" while Najika pushed the quality into "so OK it's average" territory.

Aika and Najica are the most likely answers -- Noir has handguns, short skirts and occasional fanservice, but zero panty shots -- but I have a third guess:
Kiddy Grade

Kiddy Grade is a 2002 science fiction series about two superpowered interstellar secret agents for the Galactic Organization for Trade and Tariffs, Éclair and Lumière. It's pretty heavy on the fanservice early on, and they largely fight with handguns — along with super-lipstick, robots and a spaceship, anyway.

Anime News Network
MyAnimeList
TV Tropes
Wikipedia

The show never ran on German TV, though.

@Philipp Huh. Well, it should have! Thanks for the information. :)


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How does Sara become a child in Mermaid Melody?
I watched this anime when I was in grade 4.
I still can't see why Sara (the orange mermaid) becomes a child.

Sara had lost her memories but the few fragments of her former self who loved Masahiro created a body. So the child form of Sara is the feeling she had for Masahiro.


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Identification request for anime movie: A boy who loses his parents, fights dinosaurs/monsters and rescues a girl he falls in love with
Please help me find this anime movie that I watched in the 1980s: The story is about a boy who travels with his parents on a holiday to some kind of island, then he gets lost, and has to become brave to survive as he fights these monsters/dinosaurs, and kills them with a long spear (half metal half wooden). He also finds a girl whom he protects/teams up with. In the end, his parents find him again, as a transformed brave boy, and they leave all together with the girl he falls in love with.

Are you sure it was a movie and not a TV series? Also, can you describe a little more the main characters?

I think it might be Shounen Kenya

This cartoon, based on a popular manga (Japanese-style comic), centers
  on an 11-year-old boy who goes to Africa with his father in 1941.
  Because he is Japanese, the father is detained by the British. The boy
  joins up with a beautiful native girl, and the adventure begins, a
  sort of Young Indy Jones meets Tarzan.

The main character has 1/2 wooden 1/2 steel spear.
He traveled with his parent to a place with dinosaurs.
He rescue a native girl.

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A Japanese manga about a magical door, a girl, and her father?
I've been looking for a Japanese manga for a while. I can't seem to remember the title.
It's about a girl and her father who traveled to places via a magical door.
One of the stories is about a girl who didn't like vegetables and went to a world without vegetables through the magic door.
Another story is about a girl who was not satisfied with her appearance and obtained a knife which can change her face and body. However, she overused it and her face became scary.
Please please please let me know. Really appreciate your help. Thanks :)

Welcome to Anime & Manga SE! Do you remember when's the last time you read the manga? Any other details will be helpful.

I think it was before year 2000. A really really old manga :(


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A manga about two girls being summoned to another world and mistaken identity
I have read the first chapter of this manga in 2014. There was only 1 chapter of the manga when I read.
The main heroine considered herself an average girl, and she had a female friend whom she considered a very beautiful girl and the perfect heroine. However, when the MC met her, she saw that her friend was being sucked into a portal.
When they woke up, it seemed that the summoner was supposed to summon the Goddess of Creation (I think). In the confusion, the beautiful girl was mistaken as the Goddess (since the MC was average), but the MC found out that she herself was actually the Goddess. So the MC's plan was just to support her friend to play as the Goddess, while the MC herself made miracle behind her back...

I'm quite sure it is +α no Tachi Ichi
Your description of the manga is extremely similar to the synopsis from mangaupdates:

Satoki Houma is an imaginative girl who enjoys shoujo manga. She has long comes to terms with the fact she will never be the type of girl that is the heroine of a manga — purely because she isn’t pretty, and she has decided she prefers to watch events unfold rather that get involved in any case. However, in the perfect shoujo manga twist, one day she gets dragged to an alternate world where the people have summoned a Holy Maiden to save them…!
Except so did her classmate, Haruka Toudou, who fits the exact model of a Shoujo Protagonist. Naturally, Satoki is overlooked for Haruka… except it’s not Haruka who has the powers of the Holy Maiden they wished for. What will Satoki do!?

By the way, I easily found the manga by going through the list of series tagged with Transported to Another World on mangaupdates.

We will need Scouters attuned to people's search-fu (previously Google-fu) power levels soon.

@Mindwin It's only going to ever show Over 9000, so what's the point :p

@StorymasterQ more like near zero for these lazy types.


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What's the name of an anime with a girl who lives in a farm and takes care of these animals which are like Komodo Dragons?
The girl has green hair. There's some kind of musical instrument in the anime, like a flute or something. She lives in a farm and takes care of these animals which are then used for war as mounts.
I started watching this anime a long time ago but stopped midway, so now I want to finish the rest of it. If someone here can help me, I'll be very grateful :)

The anime is Kemono no Souja Erin.

Description from MAL:

Erin is a young girl who lives with her mother in a village which raises war-lizards, called Touda. We see her daily life, which changes as she grows up. Meanwhile, there is growing tension between the two provinces of the country she lives in.

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Where is the next chapter in this manga?
I have read all the way up to chapter 8 in the manga series called "Absorb: Ability", but I cannot find the 9th chapter anywhere on the internet. Does anyone know where I can read this manga? It does not have to be in English.

You're probably going to have a pretty hard time getting a hold of this legally. As far as I know, there's no legal digital distribution of the manga, so you'll need a print copy. While you may be able to find pirated copies online, we won't help you do so here as per our site policy.
Absorb; Ability was never especially popular in Japan. There are 2 volumes, each with 6 chapters, so you'd only need the second volume. The series ended in 2008, and the volumes have long been out of print. There's no licensed English release (confirmed by Baka Updates), and given the length and popularity licensed releases in other languages are also very unlikely. So you'll have to get your hands on the out-of-print originals, which means looking to the pre-owned market. This is unfortunately not easy, especially if you don't live in Japan.
There are a couple online Japanese stores carrying it right now. Amazon.co.jp has it, and there are some available used copies for very cheap. It's also on Suruga-ya. Both of these stores will only ship domestically in Japan though. You can use a proxy or forwarding service you're familiar with to get around that if you're willing to pay somewhat more.
Unfortunately I couldn't find anywhere that would ship internationally without a proxy or forwarding service, so if you aren't going that route your best bet is to check ebay regularly and hope it appears, which is honestly not very likely. Relatively obscure series like this tend to require jumping through some hoops to get your hands on.

For some reason, English scanlation stopped after chapter 8.
But if you want to read raw manga you should buy the book.

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What would the list of manga genres in Japan be, based on bookstore labeling schemes?
I've seen various lists of manga genres in English, but in my experience they haven't lined up to the writing that I have read in Japanese book stores.
Note, so that the question is not too broad, I limit the scope of this question to the genres you would find in the labeling scheme of a book store in Japan. Obviously subgenres on to infinity can be defined.
Basically, at a Japanese bookstore (like Kinokuniya), what would the aisles be named?
I ask, because I imagine the perception of genre to the English speaking otaku may be different than what is considered in Japan.

For instance I see yaoi sections marked as BL
There appears to be a section for young girls, but I can't read the kanji
Perhaps scifi? But again I can't read the kanji.
Is giant robot considered a genre in Japan, is that something you'd see an aisle for in a bookstore?

What would be the idioms be in Japan?

If your talking about Shōjo, Shōnen, Seinen and Josei remember these are demographics, the target audience, in order of what i listed it they are Young Girls, Young Boys, Adult Men, Adult Women

Otherwise can you post up some examples?

If there is argument that there are no genres I would take that too, but I'll try to put up some examples. Most I read are in kanji!

BL = Boy's Love which is what Yaoi is, romantic relationships between 2 males, similar to how Yuri can be GL (Girl's Love).

I knew that. I'm just curious what the aisles would be labeled in a Japanese bookstore.

I feel the book is ordered by publishers in Japanese bookstores. I think "giant robot" is included in "SF".

Basically, at a Japanese bookstore (like Kinokuniya), what would the aisles be named?

M.I.A's comment hits it right on the head. In the US (and, I think, much of Europe), books in bookstores are often broken down by subject or genre or category or whatnot.
This is also true in Japan - to a degree. You will still have broad categories like "computers" and "art" and "foreign language" and "fiction" and "comics" (manga). But within the manga section, you'll probably find that the manga are grouped by publisher (Kodansha, Shueisha, Kadokawa, etc.), rather than by genre/etc. I don't know if this is universal, but this is how it worked in all of the manga-selling Japanese bookstores I've been to (not that I've been to all that many).
I guess the closest you'll get to genre-based categorization within the manga section is e.g. that certain publishers almost exclusively publish shoujo content. I can't remember the names of any of the big publishers in that sector, but if you go to a Japanese bookstore, you'll easily be able to identify the shoujo-publisher section by its garish pinkness. The same is true (to an extent) for yaoi/shounen-ai. But for subject-matter-based categories like "science fiction" or "romance" or "giant robots", you're unlikely to find subsections of the manga section devoted specifically to those things.
Incidentally, given that you seem to be located in NYC - if you want another perspective on what Japanese bookstores tend to look like, I'd recommend visiting the basement of the Book-Off on 45th St if you have a chance. (But Kinokuniya does still have a much better selection.)

Book off is ok, much bigger kinokuniya fan!

@baordog Agreed. NYC Kinokuniya is a damn good bookstore.


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What's the name of this romance/ecchi manga about a girl who becomes the landlord of a boy's house?
There's a manga I remember I read and liked, but I can't remember the name! It is about a girl who takes over a house as some kind of landlord and the boy starts to like her right away. There is also a girl who dresses like a prostitute in the house. They all throw a party in this boy's room to celebrate the girl who is the landlord, but he gets angry because he is studying. There is also an ecchi scene where this landlord is repairing the bathroom and he comes in and yeah, so on... does anyone know the name of this manga?

Sounds a bit like this one: Kanojo no Kagi wo Akeru Houhou

I agree with @nhahtdh

Sounds like Maison Ikkoku:

The story takes place in Maison Ikkoku, a worn and aging boarding house where Godai Yuusaku, a 20 year old college applicant, lives. Though honest and good-natured, he is weak willed and often taken advantage of by the offbeat and mischievous tenants who live with him. As he is about to move out, he is stopped at the door by the young and beautiful Otonashi Kyouko, who announces she will be taking over as landlord. Godai immediately falls in love with her and decides to stay.

I personally never read the manga, but in the anime the residents always throw parties in Godai's room, especially when he's trying to study.
More info:

Wikipedia
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A manga about a high school boy who learned boxing from book and later started fighting gangs
The manga is about a high school boy who learned boxing from reading a book. Later on in the manga, he started fighting gangs and earned the nickname "Gang Destroyer" or something like that. He lived with his father, mother, and sister, and they had no idea that he was the Gang Destroyer.
Please help me figure out the name of this manga T_T

This is probably Holyland. It's manga about boy who was bullied and learned the one-two combo (a jab then a cross) from boxing book to get revenge. This drew attention of underworld, which got him into new fights and forced him to get better at fighting.
It is shown in earlier chapters that his only move is the one-two combo. Even his stance and his footwork were that of an amateur. However, he managed to defeat thugs with his only move and earned him the nickname Thug Hunter/Gang Hunter among the street gangs and drew their attention.
The background story on how he learned the one-two combo, and even the fact that he learned it from a book, was only revealed in chapter 12 to chapter 14.

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An anime where a boy, who can eject fire from his finger, saves a girl from black-suited men
In the anime, the girl was sitting on some boxes of wood as the boy with fire powers passed by. The boy noticed the girl and adored her singing, and he approached the girl. When the girl finished singing, she started talking to the boy.
However, suddenly, evil men in black suits came, and they had some powers. They wanted to take the girl away, but since the boy was of a certain clan, with his awesome fire powers, he ejected fire from his finger, frightened the men, drove them away, and saved the girl.
It was aired around the same time when Kekkaishi, Slam Dunk and Japanese Classic Horror was shown on Animax India in 2010.

If anyone is looking for the same anime, I just got the name of it from Google.
It was Kaze no Stigma. However, the story remains incomplete as the author of the light novel series died in June, 2009.

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Looking for the name of an anime about a guy who leaves his village with 2 friends
I don´t know what genre this anime would fit best, but whatever. The anime I´m searching for is about a guy who leaves his village with 2 friends, another guy and a girl. They get separated and he searches for them. After a while the guy ends up in a town without money and decides to sleep on the street.

A young lady drives by in a carriage and offers him to stay with her family in their mansion. The whole family seems pretty nice at first.
While staying with them the mansion gets attacked by a group of people trying to kill the family.
The guy protects them. during the fight the girl of the family runs to some kind of shack. Inside the shack are the 2 missing friends of the guy.
They´ve been tortured, it turns out the family captures and tortures people they think are worthless and the group attacking them are the good ones.
The guy confronts the girl why she did it and she said they were worthless and it was her right to kill them.
She also said that the female friend of the guy had more beautiful hair than her and that she couldn´t allow her to live, that she had to be punished.
They kill the evil girl and the guy joins the group in their quest to change the situation in the town.

Sounds like Akame ga Kill!

Synopsis from ANN:

Tatsumi is a self-acknowledge country bumpkin who is nonetheless a well trained fighter. He and two companions leave their remote village to head to the Imperial City to find a way to relieve their friends and family from ruinous taxation imposed by the authorities. Yet the Imperial City is filled with unimaginable amounts of corruption and evil from supernatural sources. Tatsumi is immediately swindled after reaching the City and nearly loses everything soon after, but finds himself allied with an unlikely group of assassins.

Your description matches the plot summary from Wikipedia quite well (emphasis mine):

Tatsumi is a fighter who, accompanied by his two childhood friends, sets off to the Capital in search of a way to make money to assist his poverty-stricken village. After being separated from his friends, Tatsumi not only fails to enlist in the army, but is swindled out of all his money. He is then taken in by a noble family who offer him help, but intend to torture and kill him, just like they did with his friends and dozens of other people. Tatsumi is rescued by a group of assassins known as Night Raid, and is invited to join their ranks.

I haven't seen the series myself, but this seems to match most of your points, particularly Episode 1 of the anime.

 Tatsumi heads for the capital despite warnings about the area's dark nature as he needs to raise money for his village. Shortly after arriving, Tatsumi is robbed by a woman and has to sleep in the streets. However, he is invited to the manor of a young rich girl named Aria, who takes pity on him. As he waits for his best friends, Sayo and Ieyasu, to arrive in the capital, Tatsumi learns of an assassin group named Night Raid, whose members are wanted for numerous murders. One night, the group appears and starts killing Aria's guards and her parents. Tatsumi faces off against Night Raid member Akame, but their duel is interrupted by Leone, the same woman who robbed him; she reveals to Tatsumi that Aria and her parents has tortured several people from the countryside, including Ieyasu and Sayo, the latter already being dead. Tatsumi kills Aria just before Ieyasu dies and Leone, impressed with Tatsumi's ability to kill mercilessly, invites him to join Night Raid.

Source: Wikipedia - Akame ga Kill! Episode List

no idea how you found it so fast, but that´s the one,thanks

@cup if this is the anime would you mind Accepting the answer (the tick button on the side)


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I'm looking for a manga about a girl who can smell when people are sexually aroused
I just remember reading it along time ago. I think it was something like, she wakes up one day and goes to school, where she realizes some people smell funny. I think later some dude tells her she can smell when the people around her are sexually aroused. I know it sounds really weird for me to be searching for this... It's not that I want to read it thatt much, but I just remembered reading it and it's bothering me since I can't seem to find it...

Is this a one-shot or a series? Is it hentai (explit)? Is is shoujo or shounen? A long time ago is how many years ago? Even a ballpark estimate would help.

I'm pretty sure it's Para Paru :)
It is a shoujo manga about a girl who wakes up one day finding herself being able to smell certain scents from the people around her. She also hears a strange voice inside her head. Later with the help of a friend, she finds out that an alien got inside and is now living in her head, and it is the one responsible for giving her the enhanced ability of smell. The certain scents are explained and analysed to be associated to sexual arousal and physical attraction, as well as dishonesty and nervousness, etc.
There are other people in the same school who receive similar abilities in taste, touch and hearing. The manga is ongoing and touches on sensitive and mature matters such as rape and pregnancy.

Welcome to Anime and Manga. can you expand on your answer by including a plot synopsis and/or how it matches to what the OP is asking, particularly clearing up as to why you say "I'm pretty sure"

Thank you for the advice. Will be adding clarification in a minute.

Welcome to Anime and Manga. This is a pretty good answer. +1

"sexual arousal" is understandable but what is "pre-sexual arousal"? Where can I ask this question? ecchi.stackexchange.com? lol.

"Pre-sexual arousal" may not be the exact term in the scanlation since I read it a while ago but basically it refers to the sexual attraction and excitement aka "I found my mating partner" lol. I would suggest you check out the manga for more info. It's a "pretty good" read considering the unique characters and less conventional approaches to common issues like school romances and friendships. The subjects being dealt with are complicated and sensitive, though, so it's definitely more "mature" and food for thought than it seems. Thanks for the +1, I hope this helps :)


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What is this anime about a gloomy girl with black hair liking a popular boy at her school?
I watched an anime a while ago, but I can't seem to remember its title. Can someone help me?

The anime's main character is a black-haired, gloomy-looking girl
The anime is about the girl liking a popular boy at her school
Everyone, except for the popular boy and 2 other people, runs away when they see the girl

The answer probably is Kimi ni Todoke

Kuronuma Sawako is completely misunderstood by her classmates. Her timid and sweet demeanor is often mistaken for malicious behavior. This is due to her resemblance to the ghost girl from "The Ring," which has led her peers to give her the nickname Sadako. Longing to make friends and live a normal life, she is naturally drawn to Kazehaya Shouta, the most popular guy in class, whose "100% refreshing" personality earns him great admiration from Sawako. So when Kazehaya starts talking to her, maybe there is hope for the friendships Sawako has always longed for. Maybe... there is even a little hope for some romance in her future.

The protagonist is Sawako "Sadako" Kuronuma

and the good-looking guy is Shouta Kazehaya

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Why would VAs that have many memorable lead roles take lesser roles?
This centers around Noto Mamiko, but you can answer the question from a general/industry stand point if you want.
Specifically since 2013, I'm noticing Noto Mamiko is pretty much a bit-character voice actress. She's not even "the MC's best friend" or anything.
I can think of 1 main character role in 2013 - Satellizer el Bridget in Freezing Vibration. That's it.
Even last year, her biggest role was probably Nishiki in Donten ni Warau, not even a main character!
In severe cases she is in the show for literally 1-2 episodes.
Why would this GREAT VA, who has played some very memorable main character roles, now be playing barely supporting characters?
Did she get married? Start TV acting? Any reasonable suggestion for this atrocity?
Is it me or is Hayami Saori stealing her roles?

@ton.yeung that's what I was thinking but I'm hoping that's not true...Sawashiro Miyuki is 30 this year :(

Recently, voice actor has been idle reduction.
So, maybe television stations and offices is made to use the young voice actor.
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Although it is not a story that was only to Noto's,
in Japan, as the number of years that has been active as a voice actor is longer,
rank increases and salary will be higher.
So that, the request side want to reduce the production costs,
want to aggressively hired short activities years young.
It also is might cause.


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A manga with a scene of a group entering a city and learning that they have to pay 10 silver to leave
I'm sorry, I can't be too specific, since I only read 1 volume in a library.
Here's what I remember about the volume 6:

There's a group of fighters who want to meet this powerful villain, and on their adventure, they travel into a city. However, it costs 10 silver to enter and leave the city, so they have to work there to pay their debt.
The three boys in the group decide to work in a quarry, but the pay sucks. They work for several hours but only receive 38 bronze.
Then, a man introduces them to a new job of washing girl's backs, which pays 1 silver for every customer. Two of the boys are excited to do it (one of them being the main character), while the other boy refuses, saying that girls are generally the ones washing his back.
After a while, the two boys spot a girl and both rush over to wash her back, and the main character ends up knocking the girl over and lands on top of her. It turns out that the girl is actually his partner. She throws a bucket at him while he tries to apologize and leaves the bath. This makes the main character depressed.
In the end, he earns 30 silver to share with the other boy he was working with. However, the man who introduced them to the job demands a finder's fee of 29 silver.

Okay, I think that's more than enough. Thanks in advance if you can help me :D!

Arata Kangatari is the series you are looking for.
It took some thinking, since I dropped it a few years ago, but what you remember is from chapter 53 of the series.
Here is the last page of the chapter:

Synopsis of Arata Kangatari from mangaupdates:

Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15-year-old Arata. The only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to disguise himself and take the place of the princess candidate until a formal one can be found, he attends the festival only to witness the current princess, Kokuri-hime, murdered, and his own life is forfeit as well, by the hands of the princess' personal guard, the 12 Shinshou. As he runs for his life, Kannagi of the 12 convinces everyone that Arata is the one who has murdered the princess instead, and now everyone in the Imperial Court is after his head! Now, another Arata from our world has crossed over in Arata's place! How did this happen, and how will these two survive?
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Anime I watched as a kid on VHS where a girl draws a star to beat a computer virus-like enemy
This anime is set in a Japanese town. One of the main characters is a girl with short brown hair. She went to high school and owned a special bracelet with special powers. Whenever she was in danger, she drew a star in the air and then her friend (or something) got bigger and everything so that he could beat the enemy. The enemy was some kind of computer virus I think.
Well, in one episode, that virus went into the telephone cable from the payphone, so it was connected with every phone in that town. Then the virus made the telephone ring, and when someone answered the phone, the person got sucked into the cables.
In another episode, that virus turned everything into gold.
In yet another episode, the director of the high school where the girl attended was possessed by that virus, so he ate everything he saw and turned into one awful creature — he walked in both arms and legs (like a dog), but his stomach was towards the ceiling (just like gymnastic figure "the bridge").
And there is one more thing, the opening video begins with the high school that the girl went to.

It can be Corrector Yui

It is the year 2020 and computers have become an integral part of daily life for most people. However, a teenage girl Yui Kasuga is one of the few who cannot use computers at all, despite the fact that her father is a software developer. An evil computer called Grosser wants to take over the ComNet (what the Internet is called in Yui's time) and as the programs that have been developed to stop it (called "Correctors") need her help, she is sucked into the ComNet where she is recruited by a corrector called I.R., who gives her downloadable element suits that allow her to become the ComNet Fairy Corrector Yui who can fight Grosser's computer viruses.
In the first season, the series revolves around the war against Grosser, and reveals the mysteries that surround the Correctors, their seemingly missing creator, and the relationship that he seems to have had with the corrupted computer.
In the second season, Yui and the Correctors must fight with a mysterious virus who menaces the ComNet, and also cope with the mysterious Corrector Ai, a Corrector who tends to work on her own and seems to have her own agenda. The key to the mysteries seems to be a strange little girl who seems lost and may be related with the devastating virus appearances.


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Where do the angels come from?
The plot of NGE starts with the first angel "Sachiel". But where do the angels who are attacking the earth come from?
Also where were all angels before they came to Japan/Tokyo? And why do all angels go to Japan?

Relevant: http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/2422/2604

Purely within what we see in the NGE TV series, the Angels came from "Adam", the first Angel on Earth. They came from something similar to the geofront (the black moon) that they call the "white moon". Episode 21 goes into the history of Nerv and there's some more exposition in episode 23 when Ristuko tells Misato and Shinji and shows them the tank filled with Rei clones.
Basically, the "eggs" and "souls" of the Angels were with Adam in the white moon. Lilith's arrival on the planet was kind of an accident (episode 24: "false successors from the black moon." and "true successors from the lost white moon."). At some point, something happened with Adam and Lilith and Adam ended up getting a lance through the back which put Adam in suspended animation. This yielded the way for Lilith to populate the planet with what resulted in animals and eventually homo sapiens. During the Katsuragi expedition (episode 21), scientists woke up Adam and eventually caused 2nd impact and that started the chain of events which started the Angel attacks.
More info was revealed in an NGE2 special file called the Classified information ("Classified" because within the game, these files were revealed through "hacking" the magi).
Using some of the extra resources, there's some more detailed theories about the Origin of the Angels, but in general, the basic idea is outlined above based on the TV series and EoE. Though the origin theory page contains some possible explanations on where the Angels were between 2nd impact and when Sachiel first appeared in 2015.

Beyond the question of how the other Angels were created, is the question of how they went from being created by Adam to where they first appeared in the year 2015. If the Angels were present in the "White Moon" of Adam in Antarctica when Second Impact occurred on September 13th, 2000...how did they reach the areas where they were first encountered? Were the embryos or seeds of the Angels "scattered" across the globe from Antarctica in the explosion of Second Impact?

Sandalphon's first appearance is perhaps the most tantalizing, because Nerv actually discovers it before it starts attacking: Sandalphon is first discovered while in an embryo or cocoon-like immature state...deep inside the magma of an active volcano. Why it would first appear there of all places is unrevealed. Further, this raises the question: were all of the other Angels also hidden in other unaccessible parts of the world (volcanoes, deep ocean floor, etc.) "maturing" in a pupal state, before they attacked in 2015?
Sahaquiel is the first of two Angels to appear in orbit (the second being Arael). However, it seems unlikely that Second Impact simply blew Sahaquiel's egg into orbit- Sandalphon emerged from its cocoon in Episode 10 at full adult size. Assuming Sahaquiel to be the same, it seems impossible that an object so huge could go undetected in Earth orbit for so long, while Sahaquiel was in a pupal state.
Since it is never revealed where any of the Angels directly come from (except Sandalphon), Sahaquiel's cocoon was probably somewhere else on the Earth, perhaps in the desolate southern Indian Ocean near Antarctica, over which it was first discovered, and from where it could have launched itself into orbit undetected.
Tabris, better known by his human name Kaworu Nagisa, represents a special case, and much has been discussed or speculated about his nature. All that is known for certain is that Seele sent Kaworu to Nerv, and that Kaworu serves as a "vessel" for the soul of Adam. How Seele acquired Kaworu is unknown. It has even been theorized that Kaworu was created by Seele (by inserting Adam's soul) and thus the last "naturally occurring" Angel was Armisael (this is of course unconfirmed).

Additionally, in the Evangelion Proposal, a set of documents created in 1993 that contains proposal and promotional material for the TV series.

Angels were originally meant to be creations of the First Ancestral Race, lying dormant in various secluded locations on Earth and the Moon. Rather than being scattered all over the world by Second Impact, they may have been purposefully hidden deep underground or underwater, escaping detection until they matured and began on their way.

Sachiel is actually designated the 3rd Angel. Adam being the first and also the progenitor of the rest of the Angels, except Lilith who had tne 2nd Angel designation but didn't come from Adam.
Not all the Angels attacked Tokyo-3, Gaghiel attacked the UN fleet out in the Pacific Ocean. And according to the classified info:

Two Seeds of Life are not needed on one planet, and, therefore, one of them is excluded. As recorded in the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls, Adam-based life took part in a contest of survival, putting the stakes on their own existence. Some of them were trying to access Lilith and reset all life, some of them had nothing in mind, and some were trying to recover their progenitor Adam. The Angels — Adam-based life — became active under their respective tactics for survival and success.

See also: - Angels

Also, Gaghiel attacked the fleet at the exact moment that Kagi was delivering the Adam embryo which is why Kagi jumps on a Harrier and flees to make a "delivery" during the battle.


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When does this image of Shinji Ikari sitting in a folding chair appear?
I'm referring to this image:

At the very beginning of episode 25 a very similar image occurs:

However, even after re-watching the final two episodes a few times, I can't find the image.
Is there some specific release of the episodes that the first image occurs in, or does it even not occur in the series at all?

I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in the series when he's talking to Ritsuko, but I can't recall the episode. Around 14-17, I think, but I'll have to check later (if no one else answers before then).

Pretty sure that image never appears in the original TV series or movies. I think it's from either promotional/artbooks or from one of the games. Don't know offhand

Using WAIT to identify the screen gives us EP#25, 02:31
Preview of the scene can be seen here:
https://whatanime.ga/?url=https://i.sstatic.net/ScRR6.jpg
Edit:
Never mind, you meant the first one.
This doesn't seem to appear.