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In Sparks Liner High, could Avalon have saved Shirou?
In the Sparks Liner High ending of Heaven's Feel,

 Shirou ends up as a vegetable, since his mind has completely deteriorated.

 However, since he was lying next to Saber, could his deteriorated brain have been repaired by Avalon? Avalon is supposed to have ultimate regenerative properties, so wouldn't it be able to regenerate him?

 Not to mention, Avalon allows people to use techniques that would normally be too overbearing to the user (like how Kiritsugu could use higher levels of Time Alter). Shouldn't the same apply to Shirou?

I don't believe so. According to the Wikia a Head Shot will still kill Avalon's holder

The holder of the scabbard is granted potent healing, allowing for critical and fatal wound to be rapidly repaired to restore the wielder's health. Minor injuries are restored easily, and even large missing portions of the body and destroyed vital organs like the heart can quickly be restored at the critical moment before death. Targeting anything other than the holder's head in order to destroy their brain is futile, requiring for a decisive strike to be landed in order to cause any true damage.

Source: Avalon (3rd Paragraph)
So it's possible that the damage the brain is still too much for Avalon. thinking on when this Bad End could occur i can only think of 2 times Shirou fought Saber in Heaven's Feel and the only time i can think of in which Shirou's brain could be destroyed because of a fight would be in the caverns where the Greater Grail is located. even if Shiou's brain did heal it would still be a Bad End because it would probably take too long for Shirou to be ok to stop Angra Mainyu being born and saving Sakura and Rin.
Now while i havn't seen that Bad End if Saber died in it then Avalon only works to a limited level using the residual magical energy it has, if she is still alive Shirou doesn't have the near True Immortality it provides because while a Contract with Saber isn't required to use Avalon's power it is for the immortality and it's Sakura who has this Contract for the most part of Heaven's Feel

The contract between Saber and a Master isn't a requirement to use Avalon's abilities, but having one will provide the user the true benefit of limited immortality by allowing it to obtain magical energy from Saber and fully utilize its effects according to the contract.
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Avalon's effects are less potent for those without the contract, allowing its regenerative abilities to be used only while Saber is close enough to provide magical energy to it.

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What's the name of the first piece of music in Shingeki no Kyojin episode 1?
In the 1st episode of SNK / AOT, there's this awesome song at 0:47, when the colossal titan appears. Do you know the name, please? I can't find it anywhere...

Is it the song in this clip?

no, it's not in the clip. it's before the opening.

Magical eren, I'm not sure which one You are searching for, but the one which is played when colossal Titan appears in the first ep is the one unlimited burst refers to. The soundtrack's name goes by XL-TT, if this is not the one you are searching for, take a look at this link to find the one you are searching for: http://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/%22Attack_on_Titan%22_Original_Soundtrack

I assume this is referring to when the colossal titan appears in the prologue before the intro.
The song is called cóunter・attàck-mˈænkάɪnd (Counterattack Mankind) and is from Attack on Titan Original Soundtrack.
The actual part featured in the mentioned scene starts over half way through the track at around 3:25, which is possibly why it is hard to find.
It is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.
The track can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PuP7IkpRLU

It is worth noting that since this is a Sawano soundtrack, the title is typeset as "cóunter・attàck-mˈænkάɪnd" in the album (http://vgmdb.net/album/38626).

The song youre looking for is named Attack ON Titan, not Counterattack - Mankind.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi_TTMjobng

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Does Shikamaru have a summoning animal?
What is the summoning of Shikamaru?
And also, can I get some explanation of his chakra nature? I don't get it, as Kakashi skips it during Naruto's training for rasen-shuriken.

who need summon if you can make shadow tentacles :D

Please try to refrain from asking more than one question in your question. As it can lead to split answers.

It is nowhere mentioned the summoning animal of Shikamaru Nara.

A mythological mosnter called "Inoshkacho" had the body of a boar, a deer's antlers, and butterfly wings.
So it could be assumed that
Ino = Boar
Shikamaru = Deer
Chouji = Butterfly
The Nara clan's forest is located on the outskirts of Konoha, it is a unique forest within the Land of Fire. Many deer reside here as the clan looks after them and often times use their antlers in medicines

Nowhere is it ever shown that the Nara family have been using a summoned animal in the anime. So it can only be speculated that they don't use/have a summoning animal. The deer that belong to the Nara clan can be taken as a rearing of their clan.
As far as your answer for the chakra type of Shikamaru Nara is concerned, it refers to the Yin form of release. Now basically, to mould chakra one needs to mould the physical and spiritual energies within ourselves in the right combination. The spiritual energy is the Yin form (or Yin release) and the physical energy the Yang release.
Hence, the Yin release is nothing but the spiritual energy that Shinobis use, can be used in a wide variety of forms. Good examples of it are (all) the Genjutsus used and also the shadow manipulating jutsu of the Nara clan.
The Yin release can be based on our imagination and also be used to create form out of nothingness. It is the same concept coupled with the Yang release (used to give life into an object or form) that led to the creation of the the Nine-Tailed Beasts from the chakra of the Ten-Tails by the Sage of Six Paths (called as the Creation of All Things Technique).
If you want more information, I suggest you go through the Naruto Wiki articles on Yin release, Yang release and Yin-Yang release.

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Name of classification/trope of anime with advanced/ancient civilizations
I would like to use "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" as an example, but the identifying features that I'm particularly interested in identifying are the ancient, yet advanced technological civilization(s) that left behind the city itself.
Is there a word or genre specifically describing the ancient yet technologically advanced civilization trope (specifically those more advanced than present day civilizations)?

TVTropes calls them "Precursors". I don't know that there's an actual term of art for it.

Depending on the show, it could qualify as some variety of -punk (like cyberpunk or steampunk).  I've never watched Laputa before so I couldn't offer a more concrete answer.

oooh, like Zanarkand from FFX and i think in Tales Series at least there was one ancient city/dungeon with advanced technology on every title.

it either Lost Technology (if it's looks abandoned/destroyedd) or Advanced Ancient Acropolis(if it's citizen keep it secret from the world)

"Precursors" or "forerunners" would be the title given to the society/societies that came before but they are not titles that would be classified as a genre.   The closest thing to an official genre title that you would get is, "post-apocalyptic". Post-apocalyptic settings are those that take place after the end of the world. in certain instances the end of the world does not mean the end of humanity and so they start the world anew. I would recommend searching post-apocalyptic animes if reborn society is what you are into. Attack On Titan, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, and Murder Princess, are all examples of animes with functional societies that speak of "technology from the old world", even though the ancient technology is futuristic by comparison to their own. Enjoy

I'd say either Lost Technology (as used by anime/games like Galaxy Angel and a tag from AniDB) or Lost Civilization (just a common term usually referred to stuffs like Atlantis) is what you're most likely looking for. It might not be the best term though.
Some other closely related terms are Technological Regression (a term I personally use, just as the term says) and Dystopia (another AniDB tag). I personally prefer the term Dystopia but it's basic definition is an "undesirable place" and doesn't have to mean "regressing into a lesser advanced civilization" but most of the time I find them in tandem on stories.


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Who typically owns the rights to an anime's soundtrack?
I watched episode 7 of Space Patrol Luluco today, and, well, that sure was a thing. Saliently, it featured

 a piece from the Kill la Kill soundtrack: "Gekiban Tokka-gata Hitotsu-boshi Gokuseifuku" (OST 2 track 1), which is basically the soundtrack-ified version of "Before my body is dry", a.k.a. "DON'T LOSE YOUR WAY".

(I'm spoilering this because, frankly, this is the best anime-related surprise I've gotten in ages.)

This got me thinking - who typically owns the soundtrack of an anime? Is it the composer, or is it some other party, such as the animation studio or the production committee?
(By soundtrack, I mean the soundtrack; not OPs/EDs, which I strongly suspect tend to have different ownership schemes.)

The situation in Hollywood is interesting as a point of comparison - various ownership schemes seem to be possible (though I don't know which are more common). In some cases, the soundtrack will be treated as a work-for-hire owned by the film's producers; in other cases, the composer will own the soundtrack and will license usage rights to the producers; and surely other possibilities exist. (Keep in mind, of course, that Japan and the US have fairly divergent conventions when it comes to the handling of intellectual property, so the situation in Hollywood is probably not the same as the situation in... Akihabara?)

Here is what I found :
From what I understood, music industry in anime is not really transparent. It's difficult to find trustable sources.
Firstly I had the idea to ask to Thomas Romain and here is his answer (translation below the screen) :

The translation :
"Who usually owns the rights on anime OST in Japan ? (except OP & ED) the studio ? the composer ?"
"Certainly not the studio. I couldn't say. Probably the production committee + the composer."
Thomas Romain is a French animator which works in Japan since several years. He works for the studio Satelight. So even if he's not sure about who owns the rights, I think you can trust him when he says that studios do not own the rights.
I also made some resarch on Wikipedia :

Japanese copyright laws (著作権法 Chosakukenhō?) consist of two parts:
  "Author's Rights" and "Neighbouring Rights." As such, "copyright" is a
  convenient collective term rather than a single concept in Japan.
  Japan was a party to the original Berne convention in 1899, so its
  copyright law is in sync with most international regulations.

They say the copyright law is in sync with most international regulations. There are 3 actors : the composer, the producers and the broadcasters (wire diffusers). In anime production like pointed before, producers and broadcasters seem to be the same.
About the rights of each of them :

The composer has all the moral rights on his music. He has also
  economic rights, that is to say :  Reproduction: The author can
  control the reproduction of a work, including photography, recording,
  and downloading. Communication: The author can control how a work is
  to be transmitted, communicated, broadcast, performed, exhibited,
  etc., including how copies of the work are to be distributed.
  Adaptation: The author can control the adaptation of a work through
  translation, dramatization, cinematization, and the creation of
  derivative works in general.

And for the broadcasters (here the producers) :

Broadcasters and wire diffusers have the transferable economic rights
  of fixation, reproduction, making available, and retransmission.
  Television broadcasters also have a right to control photography of
  their broadcasts.

If you want more details, here is my source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Japan

This is the typical situation in Japan:
The composer and the lyricist transfer the copyright to the music publisher and it trusts copyright to a copyright collective, most likely JASRAC (ASCAP/BMI in the US). The performers own the performing rights, which are usually transferred to the record label by contract. Also, the record label owns the recording rights.
Thus the animation studio must have been licensed by JASRAC and the record label (Sony/Aniplex) to use the song.

Based on several stores I visited online, all the OSTs are sold/distributed by the companies that produce them. Example of Kara no Kyoukai OST, it is distributed by Sony, not ufotable. Hence it must be owned by the company that produced it.
As for OP/ED, I have seen lots of anime opening videos on YouTube whose audio track is muted by the respective song producers (not the animation company). Hence the soundtrack must be owned by the company that produces it and is used by the animation company on certain agreements.


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What region was Ciel Phantomhive the Earl of?
Ciel Phantomhive's noble title was Earl. In medieval England, an Earl was the same as a Count in other parts of Europe. Phantomhive is his family name; therefore, him being called Earl Phantomhive was understandable. It was like calling Earl Peter Raeves of Wessex "Earl Raeves", or Earl Ian Hunter of Hwicce "Earl Hunter".
My question is, since Phantomhive is his family name and not the name of a region in England (unless in the Kuroshitsuji universe there is a region named Phantomhive, but I've never heard of that), what region/county in England was Ciel the Earl of?

Earls, Dukes, and Counts can all vaguely be considered the same thing. All of them could either be rulers over a section of the Queen's territory ("Earl Peter Raeves of Wessex") or it was just a title for a part of the hierarchy that was close to the monarch. I think he's called the Earl of Phantomhive, or I suppose you could say Earl Phantomhive, because that puts him in his spot in the hierarchy and as the head of the Phantomhive family. Please correct me if I'm wrong but that's how I always understood it.

With what I've read in the manga. Earl of Phantomhive has always been a direct servant to the queen. The way the manga seems to portray it. The phantomhive family is in charge of the entire underground network for all of England.

He surely have a county where his title governs over, otherwise his title would be a titular title, which would make others suspicious of him since a titular count (or Earl in his case) is unheard of. Usually a titular title would be at least of King level, like for example the title of King of Jerusalem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Jerusalem). Others being suspicious of him would make it hard for him to inspect them, thus for the sake of his cover and so that he can do his secret job as the Queen's watchdog, the Queen surely won't give him a titular title but a real title.

@AyaseEri Having just re-watched it, I have to agree with this answer. Everyone seems to know Phantomhive as rulers over the underground. It doesn't necessarily have to be land that he governs under, especially if it's appointed by the crown. As long as the people accepts that there can be other things to govern, the title would make sense.

There is a village connected to the earl's title, and presumably land surrounding that village but it is not named in either manga or anime.


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When do the sub-titles ("determination to fist", etc.) for each season of Symphogear get dropped?
Each season of Symphogear comes with a rather amusing sub-title.

Season 1: "Meteoroid-falling, burning, and disappear, then..."
Season 2 (G): "In the distance, that day, when the star became music..."
Season 3 (GX): "Believe in justice and hold a determination to fist."

When, if ever, are these lines uttered in-show?

In G episode 13 Nastassja says a line that translates to "the stars become music" as Vitalization starts to play.

Meteoroid-falling, burning, and disappear, then...

This is just the title of S1E13 - 「流れ星、堕ちて燃えて尽きて、そして―」. This refers to how, after Hibiki/Chris/Tsubasa attacked the chunk of the moon knocked loose by Kadingir, the resulting fragments fell to Earth as shooting stars, i.e. meteors. (Really, the title should probably have "meteoroids" plural. Crunchyroll wisely titles S1E13 as "Meteoroids Falling, Burning, Disappearing, and Then...".)
I'm not aware of this line actually being uttered anywhere in-universe.

In the distance, that day, when the star became music...

This is a direct translation of 「遥か彼方　星が音楽となった…彼の日」, which is the first line of the second and seventh verses of "Gyakkou no Flugel", the Zwei Wing insert song from S1E01.
Naturally, this line is also part of the lyrics to "Niji-iro no Flugel", the reorchestrated version of "Gyakkou no Flugel" that was used as the ED for S2E13 and S3E13.

Believe in justice and hold a determination to fist.

This is almost certainly an attempt at translating the title of Hibiki's first insert song from G, 「正義を信じて、握り締めて」 "Seigi wo Shinjite, Nigirishimete". A more natural translation would be something like "Believe in justice and hold it tight". I haven't the slightest idea how "determination to fist" came about, and I'm happy to award a bounty to anyone who comes up with a compelling explanation of how they bumbled their way into this translation.


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Why are the other researchers slugs?
In Sword Art Online Season 1 in ALfheim, when Asuna escapes from her cage to try and log out, we see 2 researchers who have taken the form of slugs.
Is there a particular reason why their character models are different? Sugou uses a normal fairy character model (though it's Oberon) and considering that the 2 researchers we see are just monitoring the captive SAO players, extra appendages won't be any use for them. Not to mention in a game where you can fly, their slug forms would force them on the ground.

Probably so we could have things like this

@MichaelMcQuade oh yeh, because seeing Asuna assaulted and almost raped isn't enough fan service

IIRC, the assault was told in the light novel worse than depicted in the anime.

The researchers "virtual space" and the game world of Alfheim Online are (conveniently, I'd say) hosted on the same server, but the researchers are not playing the game, nor are supposed to exit the facility (i.e get at ground level).
Apart from monitoring the SAO players, those two guys are actually experimenting with sensory expansion (as they mention it in their dialogue) and to do so they have a different model because of the mapping of the additional/expanded senses to tentacles and such.
Because of their increased sensitivity they appear easier to harm, as Asuna does after some time.


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What do people eat, if not rice?
Episode 7 of Koutetsujou no Kabaneri brings up the point that nobody in Japan eats rice anymore, since the rice paddies are outside the stations, and hence overrun by the kabane.
This makes a lot of sense, and is a splendid bit of worldbuilding. But if they can't grow rice, what staple food(s) do they grow and eat instead?

Out of all the common staple foods currently eaten, it seems that potatoes (or sweet potatoes) can provide the most calories-per-unit-area, clocking in at about 4-5 times as much as rice. But at just 4-5 times rice's calorie/area yield, they'd have to have lost no more than 75-80% of their arable land to maintain the same calorie output. Judging from the sizes of the stations we've seen, it doesn't seem plausible that they still have that much arable land - we see the railforts driving through days of outside-station land between stations.
Perhaps the resolution here is that Japan's population has dipped so precipitously in the face of the kabane menace that the meager amount of land enclosed by the stations does suffice to grow enough of some other staple crop to feed the people?

bread,corn,potato,cassava,meat,yam or other alternative  :v

@NamikazeSheena all this things need considerably big area to cultivate, especially to supply stations, which are really big. And free area for stations is really limited. Question was - how they handle it (if they do).

somebody in the art team did not get the message becasue the images of aragane station shows what look suspiciously like rice fields inside the walls.  http://koutetsujou-no-kabaneri.wikia.com/wiki/Aragane_Station?file=Aragane_Station_walls.png

To answer the question, I am thinking in terms of Japan, if not a manga/anime world.
Did you forget to think of seafood? Seafood is a big delicacy in Japan, considering all of Japan is surrounded by water. Although they must be careful not to over-fish.
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Dark Kamehameha?
I was curious about the use of the dark kamehameha. So far I know that color pigment to an energy move doesn't really matter and in most cases in DBZ it's a bit of a design trope to signify the uniqueness of that move to that character.
Black & Mira(from Dragon Ball XV the game) are the only two characters portrayed to have a dark kamehameha technique.
Since the title is changed I was wondering if it uses something else other than ki. Perhaps dark god ki? Or demon ki?
Has there been any elaboration on the technique? Or is it just another trope like Freeza having a pink destructo disk?

Any insight on this? Anyone?

Maybe @pablo knows he's super active on the dbs scene

I dont think they elaborated anything about this, and I just think they mean the ki comes from an evil user. Sometimes the z fighters says "I feel an evil ki". Well, I guess that dark kamehameha was made with the ki of an user with evil ki


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Are mangas freeware and shareware?
I have been a manga reader for a long time, and also a developer. I know about the rules, like manga content can't and should not be edited without the author's permission, etc. But my question is, are they freeware and shareware? Can I just take or download or store or transfer or share content without the author's prior permission?

Manga isn't software and no you can't go around downloading it and uploading it elsewhere without the authors consent, since you generally need to pay for manga why would it be ok for you to then upload it where the author no longer receives money for it?

there are some exceptions like web comics but it's still morally wrong to download it from the author's site and upload it elsewhere without their consent, especially if they derive income from their work via the adds on the website

The terms are not applied to softwares only. No. I asked because we have many softwares and websites that download manga on play store. If its not leagal why google have not banned those apps!

because the Google and Apple App stores are lazy. if Apple cracked down on copyright infringement in their App Store (ie. apps stealing characters from other games and using it in their own game) you won't belive how many apps would be taken down. and Google's App Store has less strict QA which is why it's easier to get apps on there. also most Manga Readers are just leeching manga from other websites, otherwise why would there more than 1 app getting manga from Manga Fox?

not to mention one app on the app store gets manga from an illegal manga hosting website that still hosts a manga even when it has been officially licences and translated (like Bleach and Naruto)

No?

[...] are they Freeware and Shareware?

First things first, we have some terminology confusion here. Nobody describes anything besides computer software as "freeware" and/or "shareware". Manga is not software.
Manga, like other creative works, are generally encumbered by copyright, the entire point of which is that the creator (i.e. not you) has exclusive rights to distribute the works in question. While it is certainly possible to license one's works more permissively (for some varieties of copyrightable material, Creative Commons is popular), I expect that you will literally never see commercial manga with a permissive license.

Can i just take [..] content without authors prior permission?

larceny (n.)
the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.

Can i just [...] download [...] content without authors prior permission?

While you probably shouldn't, and while this is against the law in many jurisdictions, I seem to recall there being some jurisdictions (probably Scandinavian, or maybe I'm just making that up) in which only providing (i.e. uploading) copyrighted content leaves one legally culpable.

Can i just [...] store [...] content without authors prior permission?

Obviously if you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you have the right to store it. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may even have the right to digitize it and/or make backup copies. Consult a local legal professional if you really care.

Can i just [...] transfere [...] content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you probably have the right to give or sell that volume to someone. In the U.S., this is called the first-sale doctrine, and most reasonable jurisdictions have something similar.
The question of whether one can "transfer" a piece of electronic content by sending them a copy and then deleting all your copies is difficult to answer. Depending on your jurisdiction, the law may not have caught up to figuring out how to deal with digital artefacts.
You probably do not have the right to transfer a copy to someone else. Because, you know, copyright.

Can i just [...] share content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you can certainly let your friends read it, unless you live in North Korea.
If by "share" you mean in the sense of electronic peer-to-peer sharing, this is jurisdiction-dependent. I would suggest that this is a practice of dubious ethicality.

I know about the rules like manga content can't and should not be edited without authors permission and etc

Somehow, you've gotten this part wrong, too. You can probably do basically anything you want with manga created by someone else, modulo general restrictions on speech that are applicable in your jurisdiction. If you want to redraw Attack on Titan to be about an actual attack on Titan, have at it!
Issues arise when you distribute this derivative content. Derivative works tend to have the same copyright protections as the original work, save for some exceptions like fair use.

This answer is written in broad generalities because I am not a lawyer and because there is no such thing as "the rules" when it comes to law (besides, like, the Geneva Conventions). If you have specific legal questions, go to Law.SE or find an actual lawyer or something.

Like what Memor-X said in his comment, you can't download a manga and then share it around. Like other works, manga is also subject to copyright law. Normally the copyright holder would be either the author or the publisher, depending on their contract. Popular artists such as Mashima Hiro, Masashi Kishimoto, and Kubo Tite would most likely have the copyright over Fairy Tail, Naruto, and Bleach, given their popularity (which means they would have better bargaining power over the contract). Anyway, most of the time the copyright holder would not just release their work to the public without nothing for them to gain, which in most case is money. Means that if you want to get a copy of their work, then you have to pay up.
Downloading/copying/scanning (and anything similar to that) is against their (the copyright holders) interest, and thus is likely to be prohibited by them. Of course if they themselves explicitly permit people to do so then it would be legal for people to do it. For more information about copyright see here.
As far as I know, copyright has expiration time. After it is expired you would be able to copy it and share it without consent of the owner since it has entered the public domain.

Depending on where you live, and depending on how often your legislative branch adjusts the law as written, one may not see that copyright expiration in their lifetime.

Basically, you can't do nothing with certain content without author's permission, if it is protected by intellectual property laws (manga for sure is). There are licenses, which allow you to download, modify, share, or do whatever you want with content, but again, if content is distributed under this license, this means, that author basically granted permission to everyone.


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Questions about the time-travel scene in the Steins;Gate movie
So I watched the Steins;Gate movie and got a bit confused in the end.

Who is that Kurisu wearing the clothes of a 13-year-old girl sitting next to 13-year-old Okabe in the past?
When she traveled back and met Okabe at the end, did the world line change to one other than Steins;Gate?
So Okabe remembered Kurisu giving him his first kiss. Did his memories change to engrave that event, or is this just a made-up fact from the writer?

I will answer these out of order sorry.
2- There is no real answer to this but I will tell you how I interpreted it. I believe that both the Alpha and Steins gate world lines are actually conneted before Okabe's fist encounter with Kurisu. Once he interacts with her in the anime it creates the Alpha world line and then when he sets the steins gate I believe that it is bassaly a fork in the road. Let me explain a little. In the anime when Okabe kisses Kurisu he talks about how it will not be stored in his hippocampus because it is not his first kiss. I interpret this as he remembers his first kiss with Kurisu but does not know that it was actually her. So in both the Alpha line and Steins gate he remembered the kiss but in steins gate he remembered that it was her so that is what tied him to the Steins gate line.
3- I dabbled on this in number 2 but I will explain a little farther. In both lines he remembers having a first kiss before going to get Mayuri, but the difference being that in the Steins gate line he remembers the significance of that encounter. In the Alpha line he most likely just remembers a kiss but nothing else. The difference is that in the Steins gate line he remembers who gave it to him and the story that Kurisu gave him about his future self. This is most likely what grounded him to the steins gate line.
Last but not lease 1- This is kind of a blurry spot. I'm not actually sure if in that time if she looked like her 13 year old self of if that was just something they added but I have 2 theory, one more unlikely then the other. Most likely this is just something done by the producer but I hate that so I came up with another theory. This is very unlikely, its actually probably impossible but it could be that when Kurisu went back in time to when she also would have been 13 that everyone saw her as the age she would have been at the time. For example, if she were to go to a time where she was just 5 then everyone would see her as a 5 year old. This is most likely false due to the fact that Suzu was from the future but looked her actual age. Think what you want but when producers do things like that it bugs me so I to would like an explanation.


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What episode of fairy tail are these screenshots from?
I found these in an amv online and I wanted to know what episode(s) they're from. It looks like Natsu is losing control of his fire or something related to that.

This is from a special OVA from the very first season of Fairy Tail, I believe it is Welcome to Fairy Hills. It was after Wendy just joined. The scenes are from when Natsu accidentally saw the old man swimming naked, and is spitting fire everywhere along with Gajil and Grey who also did the same thing and ended up destroying the basement.

This is from the OVA of Fairy Tail Episode one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STgQUNJryOQ


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Will it be explained what is going on in the "Kara no Kyoukai" anime movie series?
So I recently watched the first movie in the Kara no Kyoukai series, but it just started without any explanation whatsoever. For the people that have seen the whole movie series, will they explain what is going on and why stuff is happening?

Well, yes (...mostly). It wouldn't be a particularly good series if it didn't.
The big thing to note is that the movies aren't in chronological order - movie #1 is set after some of the later ones. It starts in medias res, in other words.
If you really want to find out what the chronological order is, see the answers to this question: How do I watch Kara no Kyoukai?. But I wouldn't recommend it - each movie tells you where in the timeline it falls, so you can piece it together yourself as you watch.
In the spoiler block below, I list some mysterious aspects of movie #1 that are explained later. I do not list the actual explanations, so this is only lightly spoilery.

 What's the deal with Shiki's left arm? Who is the girl with Touko at the end? Why can Shiki kill ghosts? How do Shiki, Touko, and Kokutou all know each other? Why does Fujou Kirie have those supernatural abilities? What's all that magico-babble about "records"?

There are, however, some things that won't make sense even after you've seen the entire series (7 movies + epilogue). This is a mostly because Kara no Kyoukai is set in the so-called "Nasuverse", a near-legendarium written primarily by Nasu Kinoko (the author of Kara no Kyoukai). There are some details in Kara no Kyoukai that only make sense in the context of other works in the Nasuverse. That's a whole 'nother rabbit hole for you to delve into if you like what you see in Kara no Kyoukai.


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Can female Claymores give birth to babies for their husbands?
I have just finished the Claymore manga. Clare and Raki stay together at the ending of the story. I am sure they are going to get married.
I have a question about the two of them. We know that female Claymores are half-human and half-Yoma hybrid warriors, but in the manga, they never tell us whether female Claymores are able to give birth to babies.
Would Clare be able to get pregnant for Raki?

I think that Clare would be able to. Since she isn't half yoma, but a third, she has a higher chance of getting pregnant than the average warrior would. In the manga, dragon-kin are probably able to reproduce anyway. That would mean yoma are able to reproduce but probably don't because of lack of necessity.
(Dragon-kin are the beings that the organization used to turn humans into yoma. Yoma, as you know, are the beings used to make the warriors in the organization.)
Honestly, even if she was an average warrior, I think she would. Warriors tend not to have relationships because of the way humans see them and the only men they would encounter are Male awakened beings aside from bandits; as we saw with Teresa. They also have a lot of mental illness and emotional trauma; Ophelia for example as well as Priscilla. They tend to be unemotional or so emotionally unstable that it can be very difficult to form relationships at all.
Let's also not forget that they have a large "wound" running from their neck to their groin and might not be able to even carry one without literally splitting in half. Clare's was momentarily closed when she entered The Destroyer but she had to be practically sewn back together when it appeared again.
So the real problem isn't if she can get pregnant, its if she can carry a baby long term without having real issues.

I think probably not.
This answer contains manga spoilers (further than the anime)
In chapter 15, Teresa is ambushed by bandits who wish to rape her. She opens her clothes to reveal something hideous to the men who then back off.

Later on we see a body with a large scar down her middle. Presumably this is related to what Teresa has shown the bandits - as she implied that it was a trait shared by claymores.

Ref
The scars are presumably a mark of their bodies transformation with youma flesh, and being so thorough it wouldn't surprise me if wombs as other normal organs were missing.
At one stage, there is an awakened being that has captured claymores and wants them to awaken - presumably unable to breed its own spawn. As awakened beings are ex-claymores, their anatomy is going to be roughly similar.

At about the same time as that incision/scar image, it is explained that, while Claymores are quite good at healing and regenerating themselves (some much moreso than others), none of them are able to heal the full-body incision that was made to implant the yoma flesh into them.  So they all walk around with their torso permanently sliced open, with the stitches an attempt to stop their insides from spilling out en masse.  Possibly some amount of mucus and the like may seep out regardless, adding to its disgusting appearance.  I cannot clearly recall if wombs were brought up during this.

I noted that when Clare first went to battle an awakened being with Deneve, Miria, and Helen, Helen mentioned how Raki "...Couldn't be one of her own..." in reference to Clare, which can be taken as Clare can't have children, and due to Helen being so sure that the fact of the matter was that Raki wasn't Clare's son, it leads you to believe it is a trait shared among Claymores. However Clare may be a special case due to being only a quarter Yoma, instead of half Yoma.


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What is the production order of the Monogatari series?
It's rather confusing how the story is serialized not in the order of its events. I'd like to know the order in which the animated versions were produced.

Turns out the creators of the series are very considerate towards the viewers and include several recap episodes in each season. So although the story is out of order, everything still makes perfect sense and you don't have to bother yourself by figuring out the exact timeline of the original.

Anime

Bakemonogatari - 化物語
From the 3rd of July 2009 to the 25th of June 2010.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 1 to 2.
Nisemonogatari - 偽物語
From the 8th of January to the 18th of March 2012.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 4 to 5.
Nekomonogatari: Kuro - 猫物語（黒）
On the 31st of December 2012.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 6.
Monogatari Series: Second Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ セカンドシーズン
From the 7th of July to the 29th of December 2013.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Second Season.

Nekomonogatari: Shiro - 猫物語（白）
Episodes 1 to 5.
From volume 1.
Kabukimonogatari - 傾物語
Episodes 7 to 10.
From volume 2.
Otorimonogatari - 囮物語
Episodes 12 to 15.
From volume 4.
Onimonogatari - 鬼物語
Episodes 17 to 20.
From volume 5.
Koimonogatari - 恋物語
Episodes 21 to 26.
From volume 6.

Hanamonogatari - 花物語
On the 16th of August 2014.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Second Season volume 3.
Tsukimonogatari - 憑物語
On the 31st of December 2014.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Final Season volume 1.
Owarimonogatari - 終物語
From the 4th of October to the 20th of December 2015.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Final Season.

Owarimonogatari Joukan - 終物語 （上）
Episodes 1 to 7.
From volume 3.
Owarimonogatari Chuukan - 終物語 （中）
Episodes 8 to 13.
From volume 4.

Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen - 傷物語〈Ⅰ鉄血篇〉
On the 8th of January 2016.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 3.
Koyomimonogatari - 暦物語
From the 10th of January to the 27th of March 2016.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Final Season volume 2.
Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen - 傷物語〈Ⅱ熱血篇〉
On the 19th of August 2016.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 3.
Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen - 傷物語〈Ⅲ冷血篇〉
On the 6th of January 2017.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: First Season volume 3.
Owarimonogatari 2nd Season - 終物語
From the 12th to the 13th of August 2017.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Final Season.

Owarimonogatari Gekan - 終物語 （下）
From volume 5.

Zoku Owarimonogatari - 続・終物語
On the 10th of November 2018.
Light novel: Monogatari Series: Final Season volume 6.

Light Novels

Monogatari Series: First Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ ファーストシーズン
From the 1st of November 2006 to the 28th of July 2010.
Containing:

Bakemonogatari - 化物語
From volume 1 to 2.
Kizumonogatari - 傷物語
From volume 3.
Nisemonogatari - 偽物語
From volume 4 to 5.
Nekomonogatari: Kuro - 猫物語（黒）
From volume 6.

Monogatari Series: Second Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ セカンドシーズン
From the 27th of October 2010 to the 20th of December 2011.
Containing:

Nekomonogatari: Shiro - 猫物語（白）
From volume 1.
Kabukimonogatari - 傾物語
From volume 2.
Hanamonogatari - 花物語
From volume 3.
Otorimonogatari - 囮物語
From volume 4.
Onimonogatari - 鬼物語
From volume 5.
Koimonogatari - 恋物語
From volume 6.

Monogatari Series: Final Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ ファイナルシーズン
From the 28th of September 2012 to the 18th of September 2014.
Containing:

Tsukimonogatari - 憑物語
From volume 1.
Koyomimonogatari - 暦物語
From volume 2.
Owarimonogatari Joukan - 終物語 （上）
From volume 3.
Owarimonogatari Chuukan - 終物語 （中）
From volume 4.
Owarimonogatari Gekan - 終物語 （下）
From volume 5.
Zoku Owarimonogatari - 続・終物語
From volume 6.

Monogatari Series: Off Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ オフシーズン
From the 5th of October 2015 to the 11th of January 2017.
Containing:

Orokamonogatari - 愚物語
From volume 1.
Wazamonogatari - 業物語
From volume 2.
Nademonogatari - 撫物語
From volume 3.
Musubimonogatari - 結物語
From volume 4.

Monogatari Series: Monster Season - 〈物語〉シリーズ モンスターシーズン
Since the 20th of July 2017.
Containing:

Shinobumonogatari - 忍物語
From volume 1.
Yoimonogatari - 宵物語
From volume 2.
Amarimonogatari - 余物語
From volume 3.
Ōgimonogatari - 扇物語
From volume 4.
Shinomonogatari Jō - 死物語（上）
From volume 5.
Shinomonogatari Ge - 死物語（下）
From volume 6.

Manga
There is a manga version. However I don't know if it contains any of the same stories (e.g. Bakemonogatari) or sub stories (e.g. Hitagai Crab).

Bakemonogatari (manga) - 化物語
Japanese: From the 15th of June 2018 to the 17th of October 2019.
English: Since the 1st of October 2019.
Contains 7 volumes.

Short Stories
This isn't a complete list, as a lot of the short stories are one-shots.

Bakemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook - 化物語アニメコンプリートガイドブック
On the 28th of October 2010.
Nisemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook - 偽物語アニメコンプリートガイドブック
On the 27th of September 2012.
Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Book - アニメ＜物語＞シリーズヒロイン本
Since the 29th of October 2013.

Additional Content

Bakemonogatari Recap - 化物語
On the 7th of August 2009.
Naisho no Hanashi - ナイショの話
On the 2nd of February 2012.
A song.
Nekomonogatari: Kuro Recap - 「化物語」ダイジェストムービー
On the 6th of March 2013.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari - Magica Quartet x Nisioisin
On the 26th of October 2013.
Short videos instructing movie etiquette. Crossover with Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica.
Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari - 『掟上今日子の備忘録』×〈物語〉
On the 31st of December 2014.
A short promotional video as a crossover and promoting Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku.
Nisekoimonogatari - ニセコイモノガタリ
On the 1st of April 2015.
An April fools crossover trailer with Nisekoi.
Koyomi History - こよみヒストリー
Sometime during 2016.
A short recap.

The first 12 episodes of Bakemonogatari aired on TV weekly from July 3 - September 25, 2009. Episodes 13-15 of Bakemonogatari were webcasted from November 3 - June 25, 2010.
Nisemonogatari (11 episodes) aired on TV weekly from January 7 - March 17, 2012.
Nekomonogatari [Black] (4 episodes) aired on TV as a special on December 31, 2012.
Monogatari Second Season (consisting of Neko [White], Kabuki, Otori, Oni, and Koi; 26 episodes including 3 recaps) aired on TV weekly from July 6, 2013 - December 28, 2013.
Hanamonogatari (also called "Monogatari Second Season + α" ["plus alpha"]; 5 episodes) aired as a special on August 16, 2014.
Tsukimonogatari (4 episodes) aired as a special on December 31, 2014.

See this question for information on the in-universe chronological order of the series.

Note also that the publication order of the light novels is not the same as the production order of the animated series. There are two key differences.

Kizumonogatari, which was published between Bake and Nise, has not yet been animated. It was announced in July 2010 that Kizumonogatari would receive a film adaptation. As of this writing (over four years later), no such adaptation has been produced, nor is there even any reason to believe that anybody actually planned to produce a film version of Kizu. Many speculate that Kizumonogatari is an elaborate practical joke by Shaft.
Hanamonogatari, which was published between Kabuki and Otori, was not animated until after Otori, Oni, and Koi.

Looks like Hanamonogatari will be titled Monogatari:Second Season+α  http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=714937

with Monogatari Second Season, is the production order of the smaller series you have listed in order of production order as well?

@Memor-X The Second Season arcs (besides Hana) were animated in the same order they were published, yes: Neko [Black] → Neko [White] → Kabuki → (Hana) → Otori → Oni → Koi.

http://anilist.co/anime/21262/Owarimonogatari is airing soon


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What is the name of the fast organ song in Parasyte -the maxim- ep17 at 6:35?
The song is found in episode 17 of Parasyte -the maxim- at 6:35 when a homicidal parasyte says 'one of us has died'.
The song is also found in episode 16 of Parasyte -the maxim- at 10:54 when Migi says 'shit' and Shinichi says 'no way'.
Thank you for your answer.

The song you are looking for would be Full Moon
As Pratyush mentions in the comments, it is available on special track cd.

The tune is present in the Parasyte Special Soundtrack....


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Nostalgia Hit Me - But What Anime Is This That Takes Place In An Alternate World That Is Mostly Deserts?
So, nostalgia kind of hit me with a force of a thousand suns and I can't stop my brain from remembering anime I've watched when I was a kid. I've pretty much remembered 90% of what I've seen, but this one anime my brain keeps taunting me with, I just can't recall.
The things I remember about this anime is the fact that kids had been transported to another world. The reason for this I can't remember exactly, but it had to do with searching for a specific type of girl.
I remember a boy and a girl being sucked up in that world. The boy in another part of that alternate world, I think knew kendo since I remember him calling out "men" when he was ordered to plow a field. I also remember a scene which had him stuck in a hole and someone threw his gruel of food in the floor. He still ate it even when it was mixed with the earth so he can keep his strength.
The girl I remember because of her circumstance. She was taken to that alternate world because she was mistaken for the girl people were searching for. I remember her being given to men in their army when they realized she was not. She was traumatized after an encounter with a large bulky army soldier while another soldier seemed to fall in love with her.
There was a desert setting (and I think most of the world was desert?) as I remember the girl wading through sand when she escaped. She was hoping to die there in the desert, but someone found her. Later, she finds that she is pregnant and at the end she meets the man who fell for her. He saved her in the end, but I can't remember how or from what.
I saw this anime in AXN and I think it was either a movie or an OVA (because I can't remember seeing a lot of episodes of it at all). It was in my early years, so it may range from 1998-2004.
Anyway, that's all that I can recall.
It would be much help if anyone can figure out what anime this is.

You can probably start from anime aired on AXN since there's not so much, though there's no OVA/movie listed (but I don't remember there's anime OVA/movie on AXN, probably false memory..)

Now and Then, Here and There

Our protagonist, Shuu, isn't very adept at kendo as he only knows how to charge at his opponent and face them straight on. He accidentally gets transported with Lala-Ru (pictured above) and her pursuers to an alternate world that is mostly deserts. Lala-Ru is much sought after in this desolate world for her powers; previously, Hamdo's soldiers mistook Sara for Lala-Ru and abducted her to this world also. Let's just say Sara has to bear with much hardship and eventually

 bear a child of a rapist.

NTHT is a 13-episode TV series broadcasted in 1999-2000.


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Where does the word "Kira" come from, or what does it stand for?
Actually, the title is pretty clear. I was wondering and came up with some ideas like that it sounds like "killer" in Japanese. Or does it have a special meaning or anything?

In the English dub of Death Note Light explains this to Ryuk. if my memory serve me right it's around the same scene as when we see a young girl send a text message on her phone saying "kill them all Kira"

It was explained in both the anime and the manga if my memory serves me right.

+1, I don't understand the down votes. Are you blaming him for not having read the manga from cover to cover?

@solalito i'm not voting however i think i understand the downvotes as both me and Ayase recall it also being explained in the anime. my reserved vote is mainly because i recall it early in the english dub so i have no idea if the subbed version is the same

@Memor-X By this reasoning, more than half of the questions on this websites deserves downvotes. Only the real fan base has watched the anime or read the manga enough times to remember everything that was said. The other people, which comprises of about 60-80% of this website, only go over the canon once or twice. Hence the questions.

In episode 2, at around 12 minutes, Light explains that the name Kira was taken from the English word "killer".

OP should accept this answer instead, since I clearly couldn't be arsed to actually track down where Light mentions this.

As you surmise, "Kira" is how a Japanese speaker would pronounce the English word "killer". I seem to recall somebody explicitly pointing this out early on in the manga, though I don't remember where exactly.
That's pretty much all there is to it.

Thanks for the answer. I did not read the manga, so I did not know. :)

@ErayErdin It was also in the anime, shortly after people adopted the name Kira for Light's alter ego, he comments that he doesn't like the name since it is related to killer.

Well, it seems I missed that part. Do you know which episode it is?


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Anime with bad guy has a power to control blood and dressed in white
So if I remember right, there was this bad guy that has power to control blood, was the main villain, and I think dressed in white. He's like a gangster or something like that.
I remember that one of the first episodes was that he went to retrieve his cash that was lent to some guys and they didn't want to pay him, so he told the guys that were with him to cover their eyes because he didn't want them to see his power. They then covered their eyes and he killed all the guys that were protecting the guy who was in debt with him.
Other episode I remember is that the same guy went to retrieve cash again from other guy, and he had it all but his son took like $10 or something like that and then the kid went back to return the money. But when he went home, the blood-controlling guy already killed his dad and he told the kid something like "If you wanna kill me, buy me first" or "Get the money to buy me, then kill me" or something along those lines.
Other episode was that again he went to retrieve his money from a guy in debt and the guy didn't have all the money, and he was about to kill him. But his little girl showed up and gave him some monopoly money and he said something like "*Looks like your daughter just saved you".
And the last episode I remember is that he wanted to get all the money to burn it and cause an economy crash or something like that.
Anyway, I hope that this is enough to help me identify this anime, thanks!

This is most definitely Speed Grapher by studio Gonzo. That scene with the boy taking a banknote to buy a ball is a dead giveaway.
This is the bad guy and his top henchman:

And this is the good guy and his camera:

Yeah this is the anime, thank you very much!


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An old anime where the protagonist stabs his eye to counter hypnosis and later on receives a bionic eye that can control vehicles
I can't remember the name of an anime I watched a long time ago (approximately 20 years). In this anime the main antagonist is a woman who can hypnotize people by getting naked and then drawing out some eye projectors and when people look at these projectors they go insane. I remember two main scenes from this anime, I hope this can help.

In the first scene, two people look at a security camera, then the woman stands in front of the camera and manifests her eye projectors. Then one of the two men goes insane and jumps off the building and dies.
In the second scene, the main protagonist drives in his car and then the woman jumps on top of a truck which is just in front of the protagonist's car. During the time the woman manifests her eye projectors, the main protagonist stabs one of his eyes so that he won't get hypnotized. I remember that after that the main protagonist's eye is replaced with a powerful bionic eye which gives him some super unnatural powers where he can control distanced vehicles by using mind control.

Thanks in advance for anyone who is willing to help.

The name of the anime is  Midnight Eye: Gokuu.
The actual scene differs a bit from your description: the two people were actually police investigating the baddie whose minions include the woman of a different biology with "peacock feathers" extending from her body who can mind control people. One of the police was observing a room through a telescope when the woman walked into his vision and hypnotized him into pushing his comrade off the balcony and following suit. Here's a screenshot of the woman:

The rest is as you have described, but the bionic eye not only can control distanced vehicles, it can control every electronic device in the world.

@JohnXargon You're welcome :) mind giving an upvote and accepting this answer?

I just did it...


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Is Dekomori meant to say "desu" or "death"?
Watching Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai, I noticed Dekomori has one of those anime character speech patterns. In her case, she ends every sentence with "desu". That I understand, but then I noticed that some subtitles would translate her "desu" to the English word "death".
My question is, is she saying one or the other, or is it just a translator reading into her mannerism/personality too much?

I think it's due to the stress pattern of Dekomori's "desu", which makes it more of "death" instead of the normal "desu" which is part of Japanese's polite speech pattern.

a pun, perhaps?

I think it's clear that she's saying both.
On the one hand, her uses of "desu" (the Japanese copula, sort of like English "be") are all as part of syntactically-acceptable sentences. But she uses the word a fair bit more than a typical speaker of Japanese would, often using it in constructions where a typical speaker would more likely omit it or choose a different locution.
On the other hand, the curious way she stresses the word whenever she says it suggests that she's "punning" it with English "death", which is also written "desu" in Japanese. Further, if you look at the lyrics for her character songs ("DoomsDay's Dogma" from "Kagayaki no Fantastic Stage" and "Dark Death Decoration" from "Dark Iris Musical Grammar"), you'll note that her uses of "desu" are written in katakana (デス). The most common use of katakana is to represent loanwords. (I also note that "DoomsDay's Dogma" reveals a strong preoccupation with English words beginning with the letter "D", the most obvious of which [in this context] is "death".)
Obviously, this pun-like-thing doesn't work in English, so if you're subtitling her speech, a generous dollop of "death" in her speech is a reasonable workaround.

Thank you, your explanation convinces me that you have a sufficient Japanese language knowledge in addition to relevant examples to reliably believe your answer.


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Why is Team Rocket's motto "To Protect the World from Devastation"?
The Team Rocket Motto starts off like so:

Jessie: Prepare for trouble!
James: And make it double!
Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
James: To unite all people within our nation!

I've never understood why is their motto so positive? It seems strange for a crime organization to want to "protect the world from devastation."

This is an ongoing joke in the Pokemon series. Jessie and James memorized the motto incorrectly because they aren't the brightest, as explained by Cassidy and Butch in Episode 86.
The real motto as said by Cassidy and Butch:

Cassidy: Prepare for trouble
Butch: And make it double
Cassidy: To infect the world with devastation
Butch: To Blight all peoples in every nation
Cassidy: To denouce the goodness of truth and love
Butch: To extend our wrath to the stars above
Cassidy: Cassidy
Butch: Butch
Cassidy: Team rocket circling the earth both day and night

A YouTube video of this part is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5sgp2sn0Wg

In Japanese, the Team Rocket motto that Musashi and Kojirou (Jessie and James) recite goes like this:

ムサシ: なんだかんだと聞かれたら
コジロウ: 答えてあげるのが世の情け
ムサシ: 世界の破壊を防ぐため
コジロウ: 世界の平和を守るため
ムサシ: 愛と真実の悪をつらぬく
コジロウ: ラブリー・チャーミーな敵役
ムサシ: ムサシ
コジロウ: コジロウ
ムサシ: 銀河をかけるロケット団の二人には……
コジロウ: ホワイトホール、白い明日が待ってるぜ
ニャース: にゃんてにゃ

With a translation of (non-localized):

Musashi: If you ask us this or that...
Kojirō: The pity of the world is what responds!
Musashi: To prevent the destruction of the world!
Kojirō: To protect the peace of the world!
Musashi: To stand by the evils of love and truth!
Kojirō: The lovely, charmy villains!
Musashi: Musashi!
Kojirō: Kojirō!
Musashi: The pair from Team Rocket soars through the galaxy!
Kojirō: A white hole, a white tomorrow awaits us!
Nyarth: Something like that!

A YouTube video of Jesse and James performing their original motto can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7CNNYFhqdk
Interestingly enough, this joke doesn't seem to happen like it does in the English version. While they do claim to have the correct motto in Episode 86, their motto does not have the same tone the English version does.
Yamato and Kosaburou's (Cassidy and Butch) motto in the Japanese version is as follows:

ヤマト：何だかんだと聞かれたら
コサブロウ：答えないのが普通だが
二人：まあ特別に答えてやろう
ヤマト：地球の破壊を防ぐため
コサブロウ：地球の平和を守るため
ヤマト：愛と誠実な悪を貫く
コサブロウ：キュート でお茶目な敵役
ヤマト：ヤマト
コサブロウ：コサブロウ
ヤマト：宇宙を駆ける ロケット団の二人には
コサブロウ：ショッキングピンク桃色の明日が待ってるぜ

And the translation:

Yamato: If you ask us this or that...
Kosaburou: We usually don't respond
Both: But we'll make an exception this time and answer!
Yamato: To prevent the destruction of the Earth!
Kosaburou: To protect the peace of the Earth!
Yamato: To stand by evil with love and sincerity!
Kosaburou: The cute, mischievous villains!
Yamato: Yamato!
Kosaburou: Kosaburou!
Yamato: The pair from Team Rocket soars through the universe!
Kosaburou: Shocking pink, a pink tomorrow awaits us!

Additionally, I wasn't able to understand the joke about the "White Hole", so I've posted that as a question here: Why does Kojirou say "white hole" in the Japanese version of Team Rocket's motto?

It would be interesting to know how this joke went in Japanese.

Good work with the Japanese version, earned my +1.

thanks, I was just about to post this question, and decided to search for it first, and found exactly what I was looking for (and more) from your well-written answer.


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Why do ninjas usually replace their own body with a block of wood?
Take as an example the Body Replacement Technique from the Naruto series.
Using this technique, any user can replace his own body with some other object, but most of the time ninjas replace their body with a block of wood. This has also been seen in the Naruto series when Kakashi takes the exam of Naruto's team.
So the thing which really bothers me is that they replace themselves with a block of wood, and not something else. I have even seen this type of event happen in other anime. It is quite common for ninjas to replace themselves with a block of wood.

Related tvTrope ninja log

Maybe because that is the closest thing to them. Maybe....

@Ms.Steel   good luck using kawarimi with log around Sunagakure . . .

my answer is because they are cheap :D

@NamikazeSheena well maybe if they're in Sunagakure they will use a rock, or just plain sand.

In-universe, no reason is given apart from the fact that every time I can recall this happening they were near trees and thus a chunk of wood was convenient. The actual source is never addressed, and we never see trees falling over because they lost a chunk of themselves.
For the real-world reason...It's a Japanese trope based on the actual legends built up around historical Ninjas (probably also by said Ninjas, for whom misinformation was a great tactic). "Kawarimi" was a supposed technique possessed by the ancient Ninja that used misdirection and split-second timing to swap places with something that could easily be mistaken for the Ninja.
There may be some historical grounds for this, but not to the extent we see in Naruto. Instead, this could easily be a trick used by historical ninja to trick and mislead enemies, and build up the mythos they had constructed for themselves. As an example, a Ninja may have previously prepared a wooden dummy that was about his size and dressed it in the same clothing as he was wearing. This dummy could be hidden somewhere convenient for later use. Then, when fleeing pursuers, you head back to where you hid the dummy and in a moment where your pursuers lose track of you (either with natural obstacles or a smoke/flash explosive set off), you set the dummy in your place and go the other direction. You could even set it up to go over a cliff. While your pursuers are distracted by the dummy, you slip away. Thus was built up the legend that Ninjas could 'trade places' with things, and since wooden (or straw) dummies were convenient for those purposes, they likely got used the most.
Over time, this morphed in Japanese culture along with a lot of the other myths of the Ninja. For example, the myth of Ninja dressing in all black growing out of Kabuki Theater (Stage hands dressed in all black, and so theater goers were used to completely ignoring them...so when one of them jumped out and drew a sword, it was as if they had appeared from nowhere...allowing the theater to have 'super-stealthy Ninjas'). Over this time, the idea of the Kawarimi morphed and changed until it landed on them simply swapping places with a log. Even the particular appearance of the log is somewhat standardized in this trope: a short round chunk of wood of about the same thickness, either completely smooth or with a single 'stump' branch coming off the side.
It turns up in quite a number of places, from other anime and manga to a bunch of video games. In short, in Japanese culture, the "kawarimi log" is simply the standard thing for a Ninja to swap places with, without regard for where it came from. It's the same idea as how, in American culture, if something is blindly tossed out a window, there will be a cat down there that yowls and knocks over a bunch of stuff over...or how no one questions that saying "Well, at least it can't get any worse" will instantly make things worse...or how someone can put on a pair of glasses, and that is considered a solid disguise.
So, while there is no in-universe explanation...the out of universe explanation is simply "it's a standard narrative tool in Japanese culture."

In older ninja movies this substitution is not limited to a block of wood, with straw dummies, nearby vases or chairs or other objects substituted in the place of the infamous ninja log. The use of logs has simply become a cultural norm much the way that any TV trope gets reused over and over; just like how everyone who gets fired on TV has a convenient file box of items to carry out as they leave, or every ghost is visible in a nearby mirror but the character cannot see them, or my personal favourite, every abandoned car has the keys stashed up in the visor for the protagonists to find.

Obviously they can't replace a body with another body. That won't be ethical at all with ninjas also as humans. Most importantly the wooden log they use to replace is almost proportionate to the size of ninja using that body, it is hard to soak up any effect of kunai and also stop it's movement. And those logs are easily forgettable and generic to emphasise more of the fact that the ninja has  used "body replacement jutsu" to successfully dodge the attack on himself. So there is a very little chance for the viewers to ask "why only wood" except for your case here.
Now there will be more controversy if instead of wood, ninjas use human dummies or stone because most of ninja fight scenes settings have trees around. No dummy laying around. Also the rock of size proportional to ninja himself will use more of chakra and rock might harm a lot more than wood in case jutsu goes wrong.

A group of ninja surrounds me. One of them throw a kunai towards me. I use Kawarimi no jutsu and replace myself with one of his friends. That is unethical?

If you can use kawarimi no jutsu, then you must have a kunai or shuriken with you. You can use your kunai or shuriken to counter it.  But if they are intent on killing you, then you  harm them first, never unethical in ninja world. But If you are just competing or having a friendly battle, I don't think anybody with save their asses with their friends body. If they do so, that will be unethical. Also Shashank asked why wood is used "usually" instead of other things. So I explained the "usual" aspect of question.

It is a trope of old ninja movies to substitute oneself when aware of an immenent attack.
As for in universe explanation, the main cast all live in the Village Hidden in Leaves, the first Hokage grew the huge forest surrounding the village, an abundance of wood allows for ninjas to substitute their body for a block of wood, allowing them to avoid the attack and manuevuer behind the enemy to strike back.
Gaara is seen using a sand decoy in Shippuden to replicate this technique as obviously not a lot of trees in the Village Hidden in the Sand.


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What is the button Heero pushed when he and Relena first met in the beach?
In episode 1 of Gundam Wing, after Wing Gundam was sent crashing down with a Leo on the bottom of the ocean, Relena sees Heero unconcious lying on the shore. When Heero woke up his helmet was removed and he immediately covered his face while asking Relena "Did you see my face?" as shown in this picture.

He then punched a button attached to his spacesuit and something on his chest exploded.
See in this video (sorry I just included Gundam Abridge-ning episode 1 dub parody of Gundam Wing)
What actually did Heero do?

According to the wikia the suit had a built in suicide bomb but it was damaged by the salt water. I would guess that this is to prevent the pilots from being captured. This would be similar to fighter pilots during War time using cyanid pills to keep from being interrogated for delicate information.

Washing up on the beach, Heero's unconscious body was found by Relena and, in an attempt to kill himself, pounded his chest detonator triggering the flight suit's built-in suicide bomb. However, the saltwater damaged the explosive which caused only his detonator to fire, knocking Heero over.


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Is the Nyaboron ending song a real one, or just made for concept?
I was watching "Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo" again. In episode 12, when the game "Nyaboron" ended, it plays a song. Is that song available anywhere, or just made for concept of anime?
SSs
Ep12 @ 13:32

It was purpose-composed for the anime, so it's not "real", per se. Nonetheless, you can find the full version of it (4:00 in length), titled "Utsukushiki Ai no Hoshi yo, Eien ni" as track #5 on the anime's second soundtrack. 13:32 into the episode corresponds to about 0:15 into the song.
Here's a Youtube link (which could go down at any time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmL6Mrpo30#t=13m25s.


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Is the song name "U and I" supposed to be Ui's name?
In Episode 17 of Season 2 No Club Room, when Ui is sick, she wakes up and looks at the lyrics Yui wrote. I am watching the English-dubbed version and on the top of the paper the song is titled "U and I".
English-wise, this looks like Ui's name if written in Romaji and it makes sense given that Yui wrote it when she was caring for Ui, a time in Yui's life where she doesn't have Ui looking after her like she usually does.
So I am wondering, in the Japanese version, is this song supposed to just be Ui's name?

AFAIK, by the context and the lyrics, yes. I'll write an answer when I get my computer

I'm not really sure what you mean when you ask whether the song is "supposed to be" Ui's name, but the following things are true:

The title of the song is the same in Japanese ("U&I").
A Japanese listener would certainly recognize this as the two letters in the romanization of Ui's name.
It is also likely that a Japanese listener would also recognize these as meaning "you" and "I" (as in "me"). (Compare: You wa Shock!)
Hence, I claim that this wordplay is clearly intentional, and that Japanese listeners would recognize this.
The song is quite explicitly "from" Yui "to" Ui. I don't know whether the dub translates the songs, but in essence, the lyrics are all about Yui saying how she needs Ui to be there for her, and how thankful she is for Ui being in her life.

Hopefully this answers your question.


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What is the name of the song at the start of K: Return of Kings?
Does anyone know the song title in K: Return of Kings episode 1, at the first scene where Scepter 4 and HOMRA meet on the rooftop of a building, from 00:06 to 03:20?
I tried to google it but the result was only the opening and the ending of K.

I would suggest waiting for the release of the Original Soundtrack (OST), pretty hard to know otherwise.

Yeah I will wait then, I was a bit hasty. Sorry for slow comment.

The official audio is not yet released but someone made a piano cover in youtube. Here's the link:
https://youtu.be/cu7qN-_80w0

Apparently, the name is Prelude by Mikio Endo


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Old Anime Series/OVA
There was this anime I watched when I was younger that has been eluding me for years, I hope somebody can find it.
I can't remember the exact plot or story, but the main character was a female with long brown hair. Her outfit was almost like a sailor scout's, but this wasn't sailor moon. The setting was fantasy like, and there was a big emphasis on traditional playing cards and their suits (Like Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs, and Spades). There were other female characters who resembled knights/princesses, but again had the whole suits thing going on.
The beginning of this started with the main character sleeping or relaxing by a tree on a hill, I remember that distinctly. Two other scenes come to mind, but that's about it. The next scene I remember from this had two gigantic chess pieces, a black horse and a white horse, speeding out of control towards something. This character was trying to stop one of them from the inside and prevent it from crashing. I remember this pudgy looking villain chasing her, and some fanservice briefly flashes with them accidentally pulling off her pants in an attempt to catch them (can't believe I remember that).
Something happens and towards the end the brown-haired main character was drifting in some purgatory-like place, a void of white, and was presented two different portals to take. One looked menacing, the other didn't. She ended up throwing one of those playing cards I mentioned, a card with the diamonds on it, through one of the portals. Again, there was some symbolism or something with those cards and suits.
This episode or OVA was on a VHS tape, and I got it possibly 10 years ago. I recall it being dubbed in English, too. I hope that narrows down the scope of things, but this is all I remember.
In the credit scene, there were various shots of the other characters, females mostly, and they were ridden with fanservice, with one princess-looking character in shredded cloths, like she's been in a battle.
I hope somebody recognizes this, I'd really love to find it again.

That sounds like Wild Cardz, known in Japan as "Jaja Uma Quartet". It was an old Central Park Media release. The dub stars Apollo Smile as Coco Hearts.

As you remember, it began with a scene of the main character, Jo Diamonds, the brown-haired girl in the center, sleeping on a hill. Most of the OVA involved her chasing two giant chess pieces that were somehow the key to ultimate power. Opposing her was some random sexy woman, and this fellow:

Here's a picture of them together. I couldn't find it without the caption. Just ignore it. Wild Cardz is really awesome.

The other characters on the DVD cover are her allies, Coco Hearts (the blonde with cat ears), Casa Clubs (the girl with purple hair and dark skin), and Sunday Spades (the girl with short teal-hair). None of them really did much.
The scene where Jo is floating in a white void happens towards the end after some kind of big explosion. It happens for basically no reason, like pretty much everything in this show. At some time after that, Sunday Spades finally unleashes her true power, which is to make a big explosion and also blow off all her own clothes and make her hair grow really long. Here's a (NSFW) picture of that:

If you decide that you want to watch this, you can get the DVDs from Right Stuf for $8. Since it's so old, there's no legal streams or digital versions, and since it's so bad, I doubt anyone is going to license rescue it.


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When does Shirayuki return to Tamburum in the manga?
When does Shirayuki return to Tamburum after receiving an invitation from Prince Raj in the manga (which chapter)? You see, I kinda lost where I was in the manga and can't seem to find where I was reading. If you could tell, me that would be a big help, thanks!

That arc starts in chapter 18, the actual invitation from prince Raji is in chapter 19 and shirayuki actually returning to Tamburum is in chapter 20.


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Has a second season of Mysterious Girlfriend X been announced?
After seeing this anime I was kind of confused if it is over or if there is more to come. Has a second season of this series been announced? I am asking this because I am interested in knowing that how this series will end. So do I have to wait for the next season or do I have to start searching for this manga and start reading it. (Actually I have never tried reading manga ever so I always see Anime)

I edited your question to make it on-topic on Anime.SE. If you have some confusion about the show, I recommend asking a question about what you're confused about. That's what this site is all about, providing explanations for plot details that may have left you puzzled.

There is no news at current time that hints to a second season. Anime news network link here. The manga was completed years ago so i doubt that the anime is getting any continuation.


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In which episode of the F/SN Unlimited Blade Works anime do we see Illya's body Command Seals?
I'm looking for a scene like this? What episode, and extra credit for timings as well. Thanks.

Are you referring to the visual novel (which this image probably comes from), or the recent anime adaptation?

@Maroon sorry I mean the anime adaptation.

The picture you have provided has the art style of a game/visual novel and not that of an anime, especially the background.
This is because the scene is not shown in the anime adaptation of Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, or any of the other anime adaptations of the Fate series, but is from the Visual Novel's First Route: Fate.
Here is a picture of her Magic Circuits without the background along with some information about it:

Illya has unsurpassed potential as a Master amongst all Masters past and present. 70% of her body is composed of Magic Circuits. They are also her Command Spell and show themselves as a red pattern all over her body when she generates magical energy.Source

Yes I know this is not shown in the anime. I'm asking for any scenes showing her command seals. The provided picture was just an example.

I used that very sprite myself to create the example image.

@Harry What do you mean by her command seals, if not the red markings on her body? As for the episode number, the episode of F/SN UBW that may have what you're looking for is Episode 15. Although, I scrolled through the episode and didn't find anything, but I can guarantee that Episode 15 is the only one that may have the answer to your question.

Thanks I see some face-marks in 15. Are the seals shown in the bathing scene after berserker / archer/saber fight?

@Harry Sorry, I forgot to reply. I don't think they are.


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Is it common for light novels to have animated commercials?
Being a fan of 掟上今日子の備忘録 (Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku, or "The Memorandum of Okitegami Kyouko"), I found the following promotional videos online:

Okitegami Kyouko x Monogatari series, collab CM
Okitegami Kyouko x Monogatari series, second collab CM

The part I found intriguing with both of these CMs was that Kyouko is animated at the end of these commericals, even though (as of writing) there is no plan for an animated version of the series. The animation is credited to Shaft, which is unsurprising since Shaft is responsible for animating the Monogatari series by the same author. However, the CM stands out in comparison to others like this other Kyouko one or this Date A Live one (from before Date A Live was adapted into an anime), which feature mostly static images and effects rather than animated characters.
So my question is this: is it common for light novels to have an animated commercial (especially with original animation created just for the commercial) despite not having plans to adapt the novel into an anime in the near future? Or, at the very least, have there been other instances of this in the past?

I wouldn't say that it's common, but it does happen. Here are some examples:

Musaigen no Phantom World had a PV in Jan 2014, which preceded the announcement of its anime in Aug 2015. Likewise, Kyoukai no Kanata had a PV some time in 2012, prior to the announcement of its anime in Apr 2013. I think the same thing happened with Free! / High Speed!. However, all of these are published by Kyoto Animation's in-house publishing division (KA Esma Bunko), so they may well have had not-yet-publicized plans for these works by the time they put the PVs out.
Heavy Object, Intellectual Village no Zashiki Warashi, and some other Kamachi LNs showed up in a Sep 2014 PV of Kamachi's various works (the best known of which is, of course, A Certain Magical Index). Of the non-Index works, only Heavy Object has been animated, and it was not announced until a month later (though, again, it was presumably in planning at the time).

But after a fair bit of searching, I didn't turn up any other properly-animated PVs (rather than just videos with static images wooshing around the screen). I find this unsurprising: for a properly-animated PV, you need a proper animation studio, and without a pre-existing relationship with a studio to produce material for the franchise in question, a PV is probably unlikely to happen.

So why do these few examples even exist in the first place?
The case of Kyoto Animation is unusual, in that they have a light novel publishing house as a subsidiary (or something; I'm not sure what the exact business relationship is). Naturally, this provides KA Esma Bunko with ready access to an animation studio. As far as I know, KyoAni is the only animation studio with this kind of very tight-knit relationship with a light novel publisher.
In the other two cases - Okitegami Kyouko and the various Kamachi things - the animation studio connection comes through the studios in question (Shaft and J.C.Staff) having already animated other cash cows by the same authors (Monogatari and Index, respectively). There aren't very many other authors in the same position (existing animated cash cow + high productivity on other light novel series); the only one who comes to mind off the top of my head is Narita Ryohgo (Durarara!!, Baccano!), and I didn't find any PVs for any of his other stuff.


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What are the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP"?
The credits for each episode of Kowabon feature credits for the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP". For example, from episode 11:

What are these positions? The official website for Kowabon doesn't list these positions on its staff page, and I don't believe I've seen them in the credits of any other anime I've watched. (With these being two-letter acronyms, I have no idea how to search for them effectively.)
I suspect that they might have something to do with Kowabon being rotoscoped (note: the topmost position in the screenshot above is "cameraman", which is something you're only likely to find when rotoscoping is involved). Though, then again, I had a look at the credits of an episode of Aku no Hana, and didn't see these particular positions credited (though they could've been there under some other name).

I didn't know about kowabon, but In general.
CA: Camera assistant.
TK: Time keeper. (who check length of script that match to scene.)
AP: Assistant producer.
Evidence:
CA is positioned next to カメラマン"Camera Man".
TK is positioned next to 音声"Voice"
AP is positioned to last.

Great answer; that must be it (cf. http://tvman.jp/occupation/cameraassistant.html, http://tvman.jp/occupation/tk.html, http://tvman.jp/occupation/ap.html). That, at least, explains why I haven't seen "CA" and "TK" elsewhere (regular anime don't have a camera and don't actually shoot scenes); other anime have assistant producers, but they're usually just credited as アシスタントプロデューサー or something.


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Is there a reference to Zenki in Japanese mythology? Or did Shaman King intentionally reference Zenki (anime/manga)?
In the Shaman King series, Hao (and later Anna) used to take control of two beasts named Zenki and Goki (or Kouki), which look like this:

This immediately reminded me of Zenki and Goki from "Zenki":

So: Is there a relation between both series? (perhaps authors were friends...) Or is Zenki a japanese mythology character? Or... what's the reason behind the reference?

I have no prior knowledge here, so I'm mostly summarizing Japanese articles here. (English information on these beings exists, but is difficult to find because it's mostly swamped by Shaman King-related websites.)
Zenki and Goki are, respectively, a male oni and a female oni ("ogres", if you will) who are married to one another. Their names mean, respectively, "oni of the fore" and "oni of the rear".
They are said to have been attendants to En-no-Ozuno, who is the founder of Shugendō, a syncretic derivative of Buddhism that is indigenous to Japan. Depictions of En-no-Ozuno very commonly feature these two oni flanking him. See, for example, the piece "En no Gyōja, Eight Boy Attendants
& Two Demon Attendants (Zenki & Goki)" shown in this article on Shugendō (by the way, that website is incredibly fascinating if you're interested in Buddhist symbology and art, and is a true wonder of the internet) - Zenki appears to the immediate bottom left of the central figure, and Goki to the immediate bottom right. The linked article also includes some narratives about these figures. See the section titled "Two Demon Attendants / Servants of Enno Gyōja".
I know nothing about Shaman King or Kishin Dōji Zenki; anyone who does should feel free to write an answer pointing out any pertinent details about how either of those things relates to the mythological Zenki and Goki.

The automatic browser translation from japanese to spanish is quite funny. But by translating and by your answer, this is the expected answer, and don't expect any actual relationship between the two series since there's a mythological background. Have my acceptance.


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Which anime's female character was the most famous across the internet in 2015?
Which anime's female character was the most famous across the internet from JAN-2015 to MARCH-2016 (Winter 2015 to Spring 2016)?
For clarification purpose:
My question is focused on data such as polls, internet page hits, imageboard posts or any other method that proves to be accurate. (Meaning: This is not a opinion based question. If you want to leave a opinion do so in the comments.)
As an example, when the TV Show "Amagi Brilliant Park" aired, the main character Isuzu Sento was all over the internet, with several doujinshis, fan-made images, and uses of this character in anime sites.
Further exemplifying: Suzumiya Haruhi (SHnY), Hatsune Miku (idol), Asuna (SAO), Mikasa (SnK) are used a lot over the internet and all are easily recognized faces, and this is what I'm looking for, but from the latest year only.
What I want this for: I'm making an app which will use the female character.

Kaguya(Naruto) = RKO outta of no where Anime version

I think Famitsu does character polls by gender. I wouldn't know how to find it since I can't read Japanese. You might also want to frame your question this way: ask for polls from magazines specifically to narrow and focus your question. The two that I know of are Famitsu and Dengeki.

Hi OP!  I find your question quite interesting, still I see a few issues which are the following one : - You should define what you call "lastest year" (full 2015 year or 24 March 2015 to 24 March 2016). - Your question may be too broad (IMO) and you maybe should define a smaller scope (ex : most famous female character in last year shonens).

this is not question . . .

What do you mean, @NamikazeSheena?

Good method to ask here if you want to make an application. However, I think you should define the boundaries by saying "latest". Like, in 2016-Winter, 2016-Spring, or 2014-2016? And this quite based on opinion. I think, you had better ask a forum or something like MyAnimeList, or you should follow the current market. Or maybe, use chat room of SE Anime?

The problems I saw with this question: a) As Ikaros said, you don't define "the latest year", b) you don't define "most famous" or "draw some attention", c) a consequence of (b), you don't define what kinds of "facts/statistics" would answer this question for you. If you just want a popularity poll, there are lots online; otherwise this question reads a lot like "Who's the best recent female character?" which is broad and opinion-based; whether you ask for facts or not, there are none to be given.

Thank you all for the comments you left, I've rephrased my entire post and I believe now its better and less broad.

Thanks for improving your question! I've removed my downvote.

There are a few different ways of interpreting your question. Interpretation #1 is "among all characters who appeared in anime from Jan 2015 to Mar 2016, which of them is most popular on the internet by metrics X, Y, and Z". Interpretation #2 is "among all characters who appeared in anime from Jan 2015 to Mar 2016, which of them is most popular on the internet as a consequence of their appearing in the anime by metrics X, Y, and Z". Interpretation #2 is considerably more difficult to measure, but it may be more relevant to you.
It also matters whether by "the internet" you mean "all of the internet" or "the English-speaking internet", because Japanese viewers tend to have systematically different tastes than non-Japanese viewers.
#1 / all
Under interpretation #1 and "all of the internet", the answer almost surely has to be someone from Kantai Collection, which is the biggest thing since sliced Touhou. Take your pick from Shimakaze (an early character who achieved high popularity and has maintained it since); Fubuki (brought to prominence by the anime); Kashima (the newest high-popularity character from the franchise); or any number of other shipgirls. (I think Shimakaze wins by most metrics, including pixiv illustrations - 24000 as of now; this pixiv poll from 2014 by a large margin; etc. But she did have a considerable head start, being ship #10.)
#1 / English
Under interpretation #1 and "the English-speaking internet", sites like MAL are good places to look.

On MAL, the top-ranking female characters from anime that aired during the time period in question are Senjougahara Hitagi (Monogatari), Suzumiya Haruhi (via Nagato Yuki-chan), Saber (Fate), and Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail).
On Anime-Planet (which I think skews to a more casual demographic than MAL), the list is Erza Scarlet, Hyuuga Hinata (Naruto), Suzumiya Haruhi, and Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail).
AniDB is a bit more difficult to work with since they have ratings rather than just "likes", but the toppers by raw rating (without adjusting for confidence based on number of ratings) are Miyauchi Renge (Non Non Biyori, twice!), Kongou (KanColle), Cure Beat (PreCure), and Cure Moonlight (PreCure)

#2 / all
Under interpretation #2 and "all of the internet", the answer may not be someone from KanColle, because the anime, while still very popular, was not quite as ridiculously popular as the game on which it is based.
Idol shows are another common source of super-popular female characters. Within the time period under consideration, Love Live! and Idolmaster both aired, and both of these shows derive more of their popularity from TV than KanColle does. I know that Love Live! has (had) periodic character polls, but I can't find many of them at the moment. Here's one from Jan 2016 ish which has Nico at the top (see, Japan has weird taste), and another one from back in 2013 that has Maki at the top (okay, not that weird). No idea whether Idolmaster does them too.
Other than that, I don't have any good data, but my impression is that the various female leads from Saekano, Fate, Oregairu, and Monogatari are also potential contenders under this interpretation.
#2 / English
For the English-speaking internet, interpretations #1 and #2 are actualyl mostly the same, since most of the English-speaking internet's exposure to "otaku culture" is through anime, with virtually no non-anime media achieving prominence anywhere near the most popular anime. (Contrast Japan, where KanColle, the game, is very much a thing.)
Perhaps the key exceptions are a select few visual novels like Fate/stay night and Muv-Luv; and wildly popular manga like One Punch Man and Shingeki no Kyojin (though these things pretty much always get anime adaptations eventually). But I'm not aware of any non-anime properties like this during the time period under consideration, so I expect no real difference between interpretations #1 and #2.
Miscellaneous notes
One other well-known source for this kind of thing is Newtype magazine's monthly character polls. But I warn you in advance, their polls skew in very strange ways. For example, Kira Yamato is almost perpetually ranked, despite not having been on TV since 2005. Anyway, I found most of these for the time period in question, and it turns out that Saber tops about half the polls and places in the top 3 in the rest.
My personal take
If you choose to include KanColle, I think the obvious answer is Shimakaze, or possibly Kongou, given that you want a character with high recognizability in the vein of Haruhi/Asuna/Mikasa/etc.
If you choose to exclude KanColle, which may also be reasonable depending on your target audience, I would recommend a character from Monogatari, which has had 7 years to stew in the minds of people, yet is still putting out new animated content. Senjougahara is probably the most recognizable of them, but Shinobu/Kiss-Shot is more topical, given that Kizumonogatari is literally happening this year. The other reasonable option I see is Tatsumaki from One Punch Man, too, given the broad popularity of that show with English-speaking audiences.
Alternatively, you could just use Mikasa. Jiyuu no Tsubasa (recap movie #2) did premiere in June 2015, after all.

Nico Nico is my Love Live waifu and I mislike your implication that she is a weird taste. (Acquired, maybe, like Durian fruit.) Here's a 2015 poll run by Anime News Network (scroll to the bottom of the page) where Maki comes out on top, followed by Nico and then Nozomi.

Your answer is impeccable, this is exactly what I wanted, thanks for your time answering it :D


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After what episode was each Sword Art Offline episode expected to be viewed?
Looking at the extras menu of Sword Art Online Bluray Set 1, I was reminded that there is a Sword Art Offline segment. Disk 1 has Episodes 1-4 of Sword Art Online and Sword Art Offline 1 and 2.
I am wondering, after what episode of Sword Art Online was each Sword Art Offline episode expected to be viewed? (not just Set 1 but all of Sword Art Online 1, Ex and 2)

In Japan, there were 9 BDs released for season 1, each of which had one episode of Sword Art Offline on it. Likewise, there were 9 BDs for season 2, and one episode of "Offline" on each. (Obviously, Extra Edition goes with its corresponding "Offline" episode.)
It makes sense that you would watch a given "Offline" episode after watching all the "Online" episodes that came on the same disc. Here are the correspondences:
Season 1
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║ BD ║ Episodes ║
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║  1 ║  1 -  2  ║
║  2 ║  3 -  5  ║
║  3 ║  6 -  8  ║
║  4 ║  9 - 11  ║
║  5 ║ 12 - 14  ║
║  6 ║ 15 - 16  ║
║  7 ║ 17 - 19  ║
║  8 ║ 20 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 25  ║
╚════╩══════════╝

Season 2
╔════╦══════════╗
║ BD ║ Episodes ║
╠════╬══════════╣
║  1 ║  1 -  3  ║
║  2 ║  4 -  6  ║
║  3 ║  7 -  9  ║
║  4 ║ 10 - 12  ║
║  5 ║ 13 - 14  ║ (and also the recap episode)
║  6 ║ 15 - 17  ║
║  7 ║ 18 - 20  ║
║  8 ║ 21 - 22  ║
║  9 ║ 23 - 24  ║
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Do artificial devil fruits also prevent the user from swimming?
If someone eats a devil fruit, they can get some power depending on the fruit that they eat.
The side effect for eating this fruit is that the user cannot swim.
How about the artificial devil fruits that are made by Dr. Vegapunk? Is it the case that people that eat artificial devil fruits also can't swim and are weakened by the sea?

i don't think they can. Now if Vegapunk make a boat "eat" devil fruit, can it still float ?

@NamikazeSheena I don't know if that boat still float or not, but I think you should read this question, it's kinda similar I think.

Yes, artificial devil fruit users suffer from the same weakness has the "natural" devil fruit counterparts: they cannot swim. This was shown in Chapter 795, page 6:

I would like to add something in response to Namikaze Sheena's comment. First of all, to be precise, it is not that devil fruit users cannot swim, but rather they become powerless  when their body is submerged in water. As a consequence, they cannot swim or even move at all.
Now, if Vegapunk were to feed a devil fruit to a boat, I think (this is pure speculation) it would not sink: the boat floats because wood is lighter than water, which is a physical property that it would keep even on top of water. It would lose strength, but maybe not completely as we have previously seen Luffy retain control of his body if only a fraction of it is submerged (e.g. on their way to fishman island, Chapter 605, page 11).
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On the above picture, we can somewhat see Brook and Momosuke (in dragon's form) drowning. Here is a picture of Momosuke is his Zoan form:

I'm sorry but who's the one that said "me too!" in this picture? I forgot who is he? :D

@JTR Look at you, forcing me to go through all that extra work!!

Oh, hahaa... it's Momo. In first picture looks like a fish to me XD sorry and thanks, I'm completely forgot about Momo.

@JTR Haha no way I thought you were being sarcastic and pointing it out for other people! Happy to help :)

Yes they cannot swim!
This fruit grants the general weaknesses a natural Devil Fruit would, as shown when Momonosuke could not swim.
You can find it on the Wikia: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_Devil_Fruit


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On which DTH operator can I get Animax channel in India?
I have Tata Sky at my place right now, but there is no Animax channel in any of the packs which they are currently offering.
So which DTH operators are currently telecasting Animax in India?

You can get animax in Hathway, Digi cable, Siti cable etc.

I want to update this answer that Tata Sky has taken up Animax back into its Kids channel package at a cost of 65 Rupees a month.
I think this is a very useful information for all Anime fans in India. I do hope this information will give some boost to the Anime scene in India.

All DTH providers in India have delisted Animax, as the channel couldn't pay carriage fees.
But you can watch it on cable on

Hathway Channel 324
Fastway Channel 381
DigiCable Channel 278
Kerala Vision Digital TV Channel 158


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Song played at the end of episode 20 of Parasyte
Does anyone know the suspense build-up song being played at the end of episode 20 when the military enters the courtroom? Thanks!

Do you maybe have a time stamp to go along with that?

The song is called "HYPNOTIK" by Ken Arai.
You can listen to the song here on YouTube. In addition to being played at the end of episode 20, it's also played throughout the show in other episodes.