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2016/08/05 | 330 | 1,249 | <issue_start>username_0: I feel that many users of this site also use My Anime List (MAL) to track and organize their anime. Thus, would it not make sense for us to have a MAL tag for questions?<issue_comment>username_1: Like include the tag in every question? That wouldn't make sense. Tags are used to denote that the ... |
2016/08/20 | 1,078 | 4,240 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd like to draw attention of suggested edit reviewers to a certain user who is currently adding Dragon Ball series tag to a bunch of already DB-tagged questions:
<https://anime.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/31640>
I thought series tags should be used only for questions which direc... |
2016/08/22 | 2,007 | 8,009 | <issue_start>username_0: As an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation, we will once again be holding a Q&A with the candidates in connection with the moderator elections. Participation is completely voluntary.
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> **The purpose of this thread was to col... |
2016/08/25 | 1,149 | 4,335 | <issue_start>username_0: [Last year](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2564/lets-take-a-look-back-at-our-site-policies-2015-edition) we asked you what were the pain points of the site for you. Now that a year has passed (almost to the day), We'd like to know what has changed in this list. Are there any new... |
2016/08/29 | 2,695 | 9,846 | <issue_start>username_0: the following question: [DBGT: Does Goku die of old age when he turns SSJ4 in the future?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/35918/dragonball-gt-what-happens-if-re-grown-up-goku-turns-ssj4) got closed for (in my opinion) very wrong reasons. It got closed for being "primarily opinion bas... |
2016/08/29 | 19,053 | 74,127 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3894/2016-moderator-election-qa-question-collection) have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as... |
2016/08/29 | 3,023 | 12,074 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently we have an unclear policy with regards to the limits of hypothetical questions, and with their increasing frequency on the site we should revisit this and solidify our rules.
Our policy is [vaguely outlined here](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2282/are-question-that-a... |
2016/10/07 | 628 | 2,520 | <issue_start>username_0: so with this question [What is the song near the end of Episode 24? (Akame ga Kill)](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/36559/1587) how it describes when the song occurs is kinda vague. we don't know when someone considers an anime episode having reached the end in where they can observe a scene... |
2016/10/16 | 871 | 3,684 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes people post "where do I read/watch X" and it isn't phrased as looking for legal shop or streaming site links, so it could have been intended as looking for illegal sites. We seem to have agreed on editing it to be explicitly about legal links only, and then accept that question. In ca... |
2016/10/20 | 388 | 1,453 | <issue_start>username_0: So as i was waiting for Windows to Update i was messing around on the main page while i was logged and look what i saw
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nyM3p.png)
i get the feeling new users see [identification-request](https://a... |
2016/11/03 | 2,856 | 12,222 | <issue_start>username_0: Apparently we still rank pretty high on "identify anime" search engine query, and it's supposedly because we still have around 400 of them, which makes them the 3rd most popular tag, and that means it is displayed on our front page for every non-logged in visitor. And the StackExchange authorit... |
2016/11/13 | 539 | 2,184 | <issue_start>username_0: so looking at the suggested edit review i came across [this one](https://anime.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/33064). the question is an id request and in this case the OP made the question while unregistered and then created a new account when they went to edit.
now because we don't... |
2017/02/02 | 972 | 3,817 | <issue_start>username_0: It is a bit late into this new year, being that we're already in the second month, but we are now cycling the Community Promotion Ads for 2017!
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right si... |
2017/02/16 | 2,990 | 12,160 | <issue_start>username_0: To start with a bit of history, this site was actually added to the queue for graduation in roughly October/November of 2013 (less than a year after private beta!). At the time there was no procedure for graduating beta sites without creating a custom site design, and the design team was rather... |
2017/03/07 | 1,544 | 6,471 | <issue_start>username_0: I see these pop up on occasion thus we don't really have a problem with them unlike some other kinda of questions we ended up blacklisting. these kind of questions the OP posts a (generally badly/un-formatted) question explaining a theory they've come up with and asking if their theory is right... |
2017/03/21 | 1,890 | 7,342 | <issue_start>username_0: [This question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/39501/what-if-someone-in-one-piece-eats-a-devil-fruit-that-makes-him-her-an-outstandin) is written posed as a hypothetical that reads as opinion-based. They literally start by asking for the reader to imagine. On the other hand, it just ... |
2017/03/30 | 2,898 | 10,606 | <issue_start>username_0: So we have this question "[What is Kikuhiko's sexual orientation?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/39623/1587)". when it was posted it used [retag](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/retag "show questions tagged 'retag'") because the series tag didn't exist. after confirming tha... |
2017/04/04 | 1,158 | 4,918 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that, at least in the past few weeks if not longer, we've had a fairly large number of music ID requests, especially compared to the number of non-music ID request questions. I'm having a hard time dealing with exact numbers because I'm on mobile, but of the most recent half dozen ... |
2017/04/20 | 814 | 2,835 | <issue_start>username_0: This may seem as a pointless question to many, but I'm new here and just wanted to know a bit more about the Stack Exchange websites. While visiting various other Stack Exchange websites, I noticed that the top of the home page over there looks far more attractive than the one on this website :... |
2017/04/26 | 492 | 1,824 | <issue_start>username_0: Today I saw [this suggested edit in the queue](https://anime.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/36254) adding the [boruto](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/boruto "show questions tagged 'boruto'") tag.
I get the association because of the new *Boruto: Naruto Next Generati... |
2017/05/31 | 3,185 | 12,430 | <issue_start>username_0: We've (Stack Exchange Inc.) recently received a DMCA takedown notice for several posts from this community. As a result of that, I'm taking down around 15 posts at this very moment (got a script running), but many more might need to be removed over the coming week. This means some reputation is... |
2017/06/13 | 2,569 | 8,442 | <issue_start>username_0: Ok so if you're not aware on [Literature.SE's Meta](https://literature.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/735/can-we-increase-the-maximum-tag-length/761#761) there was a question posted about the age old problem regarding the 25 character limit to tags
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> Is there any way we can increase the m... |
2017/07/03 | 1,726 | 6,808 | <issue_start>username_0: Anime & Manga is scheduled for an election [next week, July 10th](https://anime.stackexchange.com/election/3). In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of mode... |
2017/07/08 | 3,441 | 11,860 | <issue_start>username_0: While browsing for unanswered questions, I stumbled upon [Are there any dubbed episodes of naruto shippuden After episode 388? Or its like they have stopped dubbing episodes?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/40969/are-there-any-dubbed-episodes-of-naruto-shippuden-after-episode-388-or-... |
2017/07/10 | 5,205 | 19,285 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4067/2017-moderator-election-qa-question-collection) have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as... |
2017/07/23 | 2,475 | 10,113 | <issue_start>username_0: The way we approach "Where can I watch?" questions has bothered me for a while. Usually, we easily get five people to vote to close every one of these questions as "requesting illegal or copyrighted materials", but not one person who bothers to edit the word "legally" into the title, even thoug... |
2017/07/24 | 2,838 | 11,567 | <issue_start>username_0: On the topic of this question: [Can we stop immediately closing "Where can I watch" questions as "Requesting illegal copyrighted materials"?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4082/can-we-stop-immediately-closing-where-can-i-watch-questions-as-requesting-ill)
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StackExchange us... |
2017/07/25 | 493 | 1,689 | <issue_start>username_0: Anime & Manga's [3rd moderator election](https://anime.stackexchange.com/election/3) has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
[](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/1458)
They'll be joinin... |
2017/08/13 | 3,498 | 14,875 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a [second time I'm asking this question](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3949/should-we-delete-the-remaining-id-questions-to-possibly-reduce-the-number-of-sti). Previously I asked it 9 months ago, but with how much time passed and the public opinion has had enough time to... |
2017/08/19 | 999 | 4,349 | <issue_start>username_0: There's been a lot of mentions that we're losing new question numbers and that we should do something to improve the situation on the site. How do you think we should do that?
Points of interest:
* Increase the number of new questions;
* Improve the quality of questions and answers through ed... |
2017/10/20 | 1,816 | 7,771 | <issue_start>username_0: Right now the text of it is this:
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> Identification questions are off-topic, because they tend to attract low-quality and low-effort posts. The community has decided to no longer support these questions. Please refer to [this meta post](http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2805/what... |
2017/11/23 | 4,300 | 17,803 | <issue_start>username_0: Some people on SciFi.SE seem willing to accept identification request [and is asking on their meta if the community wants](https://scifi.meta.stackexchange.com/q/11552/23127).
As for now, we don't have the option to properly migrate them. Should we migrate science fiction and fantasy related ... |
2018/01/29 | 928 | 3,717 | <issue_start>username_0: It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the **Community Promotion Ads** for this year now!
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertis... |
2018/03/13 | 1,510 | 6,411 | <issue_start>username_0: Whatever the question is, a lot of questions don't get answers because people seem uninterested in it. These questions have one particular thing in common: The user has only 1 rep as a starter, and, the question's time of asking is almost the same as the time when the account is made, so it loo... |
2018/05/11 | 2,950 | 11,904 | <issue_start>username_0: A [related question](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3939/do-we-think-questions-about-where-to-read-watch-legal-anime-or-manga-are-accep) asks if such questions are on topic. Result:
>
> All of these questioned should be marked as a duplicate of [this question](https://anime.me... |
2018/05/11 | 2,519 | 10,530 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, [Differences between the Overlord light novel and manga](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/38042/differences-between-the-overlord-light-novel-and-manga) was bumped due to a new answer. As it's quite an old question, I decided to review the whole Q&A. I thought the question was... |
2018/07/10 | 916 | 3,636 | <issue_start>username_0: After Identification Requests were removed we [kept Music Identifications](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3868/1587) under the prevision that the asker knew the series it came from.
[A recent question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/47779/what-is-the-name-of-the-song-playing... |
2018/09/23 | 1,122 | 4,594 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently voted to close [Why wasn't the Death Note light novel animated?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/48884/why-wasnt-the-death-note-light-novel-animated) for being opinion-based, but it got me thinking: would a general version of this question (e.g. Why are light novels not usu... |
2018/11/01 | 2,410 | 9,959 | <issue_start>username_0: There exist [a question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/36522/who-is-the-most-connected-in-the-six-degrees-sense-seiyuu) asking about the most connected seiyuu by six degrees. As innocent of a question it may seem, but the foundations the question is based on is flawed and unreasonab... |
2018/11/12 | 2,144 | 8,539 | <issue_start>username_0: [What are the odds that Kirito can build a harem?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/49612/what-are-the-odds-that-kirito-can-build-a-harem)
I am unclear how asking for a number or set of numbers where I provide most of the input for a calculation is "primarily opinion-based".
For exam... |
2019/01/14 | 895 | 3,743 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes the titles of questions arent descriptive at all. This isnt the case in most of the cases (perhaps 99% of the times the title is alright) but in some cases you have no clue what the question is about by reading the title. For example a topic like, "a question about x anime" isnt descr... |
2019/01/23 | 915 | 3,659 | <issue_start>username_0: 2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of **Community Promotion Ads**! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)
### What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right si... |
2019/03/13 | 3,628 | 12,304 | <issue_start>username_0: In late 2017 [we were asked if a design for this site was being worked on or not](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4125/49), and at the time the design team was stretched pretty thin, to the point where I wasn't able to provide this community with a reasonable and realistic ETA for when t... |
2019/04/30 | 5,928 | 19,445 | <issue_start>username_0: **Some quick notes based on the feedback provided here and in chat:**
On the original feedback gathering post [Catija left a really relevant link](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4229/gathering-ideas-for-the-site-design-2019-edition#comment8591_4229) that **I failed to put in a ... |
2019/05/04 | 1,747 | 6,409 | <issue_start>username_0: To clarify, what I'm describing is a discussion where the question is about a series' soundtracks and the answer would list the soundtracks used, the approximate time it occurs and a brief description of the scene when it occurs **per episode**.
I was planning on doing this on short series, f... |
2019/07/09 | 3,353 | 11,427 | <issue_start>username_0: **As you may have already noticed, our new design is live!** ✧\*｡٩(ˊᗜˋ\*)و✧\*
Thanks for all the input over the years, and particularly in the most recent Meta posts around this ([here](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4245/49) and [here](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4229/49)).... |
2019/09/17 | 1,471 | 5,757 | <issue_start>username_0: why I am asking for help, it is basically because I am new to anime. I am also a user of other communities like StackOverflow and puzzle exchange. but I don't get the reasons why the questions are put up on hold. please let me know someone who is good with explanations or can provide me better ... |
2019/12/11 | 608 | 1,971 | <issue_start>username_0: Tags under review here:
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> * [blend-s](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/blend-s "show questions tagged 'blend-s'")
> * [how-clumsy-you-are-miss-ueno](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/how-clumsy-you-are-miss-ueno "show questions tagged 'how-clumsy-you-are-miss-... |
2020/01/05 | 1,502 | 5,678 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently we've had our stellar diamond moderators step in the gap and close questions on the site which shouldn't be kept open for *too* long (mostly identification requests).
It got me to thinking - if we didn't have those diamond mods around, we wouldn't be able to get those kinds of questio... |
2020/02/24 | 384 | 1,553 | <issue_start>username_0: This is just to discuss the on-topicness of [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/56875/52087).
What do you guys think?<issue_comment>username_1: The on-topicness is questionable. You make little to no case about how the theorem relates to the UI in question on Maya's screen.
The ... |
2020/03/23 | 684 | 1,986 | <issue_start>username_0: About a week or two ago I realized that Love Live's school idol music NEVER uses the diminished chord out of the seven [diatonic chords](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_(music)#Viennese_theory_of_the_degrees) in a key.
In major keys, the diatonic chords are:
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> I / ii / iii / IV / V... |
2020/04/16 | 974 | 3,342 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a follow-up to [this question.](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4340/are-questions-relating-to-musical-analysis-of-anime-songs-on-topic-or-not)
Now I want to ask for some examples of Love Live OST songs that use the diminished viio chord, if they DO use the chord.
Will ... |
2020/04/23 | 2,654 | 11,400 | <issue_start>username_0: Maybe there's just some confirmation or recency bias going on, but it feels to me that in recent months there's been a large upsurge in questions of the form "What is the song playing in Episode X of show Y at time Z?" - for example, there are plenty of recent questions including [what song](ht... |
2020/05/11 | 7,306 | 28,249 | <issue_start>username_0: Dear Fellow Members and Lurkers of the Community,
In these trying pandemic times, we find ourselves with an excess of time and a need to apply it. Since our graduation and our “design graduation” we’ve had many bumps in the road arriving to where we are today. Due to various personal obligatio... |
2020/06/16 | 974 | 3,487 | <issue_start>username_0: From [What topics can I ask about here? - Help Center](https://anime.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic "What topics can I ask about here? - Help Center - Anime & Manga Stack Exchange"), [all identification questions](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2725/4663) or recommendation requests are... |
2020/06/19 | 6,170 | 25,636 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to revisit the reasons for using SE Q&A sites, and A&M in partucular, and whether you still feel like it's something you're interested in using as an average user would, or if something changed for you and why.
Please reflect on these thoughts:
* Do you ask questions?
* Do you po... |
2020/07/07 | 5,347 | 20,330 | <issue_start>username_0: As another month goes by the moderation team has been discussing a list of topics to hopefully improve user experience within the community. The topics for this month includes:
1. A plan to deprecate music id-requests and what we're planning to do with similar "help me" style questions.
2. A b... |
2020/09/30 | 762 | 2,759 | <issue_start>username_0: **Thanks for the interest, folks. We've now set a date for the election to start question collection next Monday, October 12th, 2020. Nominations will open the following week in the [4th moderator election](https://anime.stackexchange.com/election/4).**
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It's time for us all to consider ho... |
2020/10/12 | 1,725 | 6,623 | <issue_start>username_0: >
> **The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it [here](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4402/49).**
>
>
>
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Anime & Manga is scheduled for an election [next week, October 19, 2020](https://anime.st... |
2020/10/19 | 5,755 | 22,801 | <issue_start>username_0: In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected [from an earlier thread](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4393/49) have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answe... |
2020/11/03 | 439 | 1,550 | <issue_start>username_0: Anime & Manga's [fourth moderator election](https://anime.stackexchange.com/election/4) has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
[](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/2516/aki-tanaka)
They'l... |
2021/01/02 | 852 | 3,047 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a question asking about this series: [What kind of demon is in "My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's"?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/61402/what-kind-of-demon-is-in-my-status-as-an-assassin-obviously-exceeds-the-heros)
Researching for possible titles from ... |
2021/06/04 | 1,330 | 4,891 | <issue_start>username_0: Regarding one of @[Pablo](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/3028/pablo)'s recent Naruto question:
[Why did Naruto decide not to use Rasenshuriken due to the harm it did to his arm, if he could create it with clones?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/62888/why-did-naruto-decide-not... |
2021/06/04 | 1,109 | 4,518 | <issue_start>username_0: UPDATE: While the testing period has ended, this change has been well-received by the community so we have opted to not reset the votes needed to close/reopen to 5 while we look at data.
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2021/10/23 | 391 | 1,199 | <issue_start>username_0: The tag [rent-a-girlfriend](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rent-a-girlfriend "show questions tagged 'rent-a-girlfriend'") for the series "Rent-A-Girlfriend" currently has no synonym. So, can we add a synonym using the Japanese title "Kanojo, Okarishimasu", namely [kanojo-okari... |
2022/04/21 | 2,562 | 9,751 | <issue_start>username_0: *Note: I have nothing against any user. They are free to ask any question about any show as long as they are on-topic.*
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Suppose X is an anime. Consider it a light hearted slice-of-life show meant for casual watch and occasionally throw jokes for giggles. Now, if I want to discuss somethin... |
2022/09/27 | 2,348 | 7,530 | <issue_start>username_0: It's been a long road, getting from though beta to here. It's been a long time, through the good and the bad. Our time is finally here. It's been 10 years.
Let's take a look back at all we've been through and share it with the rest of the SE community in celebration. In the month of November, ... |
2022/10/24 | 665 | 2,662 | <issue_start>username_0: Can we use YouTube videos as references, especially Anituber videos in the answers? YouTubers can sometimes be biased or [consider fandom](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/a/4558/48011), and I personally used YouTube videos in my answers (e.g. [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/64085/... |
2022/12/16 | 1,759 | 5,982 | <issue_start>username_0: Anime.SE has the [cosplay](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cosplay "show questions tagged 'cosplay'") tag. So far, it has been used for:
1. Series identification ([Are questions regarding cosplay or anime-related items still on-topic?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/ques... |
2022/12/26 | 551 | 2,131 | <issue_start>username_0: (Not very) recently, an AI chatbot [ChatGPT](https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/) was released to the public. It is really sophisticated that it can also answer many kinds of questions, regardless if it is *factually correct or wrong*.
It has been [banned on Stack Overflow](https://meta.stackover... |
2023/01/16 | 1,701 | 6,514 | <issue_start>username_0: I just noticed the two following question posts:
* [Why is there a curfew for students in Academy City?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/53977/70615) (2019-08-14)
>
> In A Certain Scientific Railgun, it's mentioned several times that there is a curfew for students in Academy City. Why is t... |
2023/01/17 | 1,441 | 5,668 | <issue_start>username_0: The question: [How much heat damage can Misaka's shocks do to a regular human at max output?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67661/how-much-heat-damage-can-misakas-shocks-do-to-a-regular-human-at-max-output)
I realize physics questions are not a good fit for us, but considering the ... |
2012/12/11 | 1,353 | 4,914 | <issue_start>username_0: Assuming the world in the One Piece universe is round, then there is not really a beginning or an end of the Grand Line.
The Straw Hats started out from the first half and are now sailing across the second half.
Wouldn't it have been quicker to set sail in the opposite direction from where th... |
2012/12/11 | 305 | 1,236 | <issue_start>username_0: In Sora no Otoshimono, Ikaros carries around a watermelon like a pet and likes watermelons and pretty much anything else round. At one point she even has a watermelon garden and attacks all the bugs that get near the melons.
What's the significance of the watermelon and why does she carry one ... |
2012/12/11 | 1,512 | 5,499 | <issue_start>username_0: In several episodes of DB:Z and DB:GT, using SSJ3 form is shown to be *very* tiring for the user and burns up energy very quickly, compared to SSJ1/2/enhanced/mystic/etc.
However, when DB:GT rolls around, SSJ4 form, while as tiring as all other enhanced forms, doesn't seem to put as much stra... |
2012/12/11 | 907 | 3,305 | <issue_start>username_0: Edo Tensei is a technique to revive the dead, and bind their souls into living bodies. However, after releasing the technique, all of the dead should get back into being dead.
How can Madara still stick around even after the Edo Tensei had been ended? I am not sure if it was something that we ... |
2012/12/11 | 860 | 2,642 | <issue_start>username_0: I originally thought that the only surviving members after the Uchiha massacre were Sasuke and Itachi, but more and more seem to be revealed. Is there a canonical list of surviving members of the Uchiha clan after the massacre?<issue_comment>username_1: The following:
* **<NAME>** - Who perfor... |
2012/12/11 | 618 | 2,100 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of the last episode of Cowboy Bebop, Spike collapses. It's not clear, but it looks as though he may be dead. Is there a way to know whether he is alive or dead (something in the background, comments from the director, a continuation in the story in the manga, etc.)<issue_comment>user... |
2012/12/11 | 1,852 | 7,769 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems as though a lot of anime go through a production cycle where they put out a series that seems fairly popular, but ends long before the manga's storyline does. Obviously, a big reason for making anime is to get people to buy the original manga, but if the anime series itself were turnin... |
2012/12/11 | 1,326 | 4,975 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a few places in *Mobile Suit Gundam Seed* where <NAME> faces certain death, is presumed dead by all the other characters, then miraculously reappears in a later episode. I'm curious about one particular incident, for now: His duel with Athrun and the Aegis.
Athrun sets the Aegis to s... |
2012/12/11 | 613 | 2,141 | <issue_start>username_0: In episode 25 of Valkyria Chronicles, Maximilian shoots (and it is strongly implied that he kills) Jaeger:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qyj0L.jpg)
Yet during the credits of the final episode (26), Jaeger is clearly seen walking in the background at the... |
2012/12/11 | 1,005 | 3,798 | <issue_start>username_0: To explain, I want to know whether it is more efficient to produce anime or manga, and why.
Anime:
* Needs to be made frame by frame
* need people to record voice.
Manga:
* Needs lots of paper
* has to be printed.
By more efficient, I mean which one has more profit and takes less time to... |
2012/12/11 | 862 | 3,379 | <issue_start>username_0: As anyone who has seen Lucky Star will remember, most of the references to other anime and manga are censored. The most obvious examples of this are references to Gundam or Sgt. Frog (both of which are notably Sunrise shows). Presumably this is done to avoid KyoAni getting sued. This also expla... |
2012/12/11 | 458 | 1,709 | <issue_start>username_0: Doujinshi seem to represent usually works of amateurs, but that is a subjective measure. What is the objective difference between both works?<issue_comment>username_1: Well, if it's self published, it is called doujinshi. If it's by a manga publisher, it's manga. Note that this distinction make... |
2012/12/11 | 1,998 | 6,983 | <issue_start>username_0: If you've seen much anime, you're familiar with the male character getting a bloody nose when he gets sexually excited. For example:
<NAME> (Dragon Ball) and Umino Iruka... |
2012/12/11 | 1,370 | 5,211 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand that one of them is actually the other. At first we are led to believe that Vincent is Ergo. But toward the end of the series, we discover something but I am not sure what it means: Ergo created Vincent to run away from himself. Also, in the beginning, when Vincent turns into Ergo,... |
2012/12/11 | 880 | 3,126 | <issue_start>username_0: It was said that when a Shinigami saves a human with his Death Note, that Shinigami dies, and his remaining life-span is transferred to the human he saved.
But imagine the following situation, a Shinigami has accumulated 500 years of lifespan by killing a lot of humans. That Shinigami then kil... |
2012/12/11 | 3,672 | 12,495 | <issue_start>username_0: I haven't watched Anime in many years, but recently I've had time to get back into it. I've seen that one of my favorite series, Fullmetal Alchemist, has done a series reboot. What I'm wondering is:
**Does it present a lot of deep variations** (plot-wise, character-wise or otherwise)**, or is ... |
2012/12/11 | 1,795 | 6,575 | <issue_start>username_0: As the series develops, it seems that Ergo Proxy has a growing number of philosophical references:
* The concept of Anamnesis in episode 11.
* The Council/Collective figures.
* All the events in episode 20.
* Every discussion Vincent has with Ergo about the 'self' (especially episode 11)
* And... |
2012/12/11 | 4,426 | 15,740 | <issue_start>username_0: In my region, people don't know the difference between anime and regular cartoons. When they see me watching anime, or they hear about it somehow, they say that I'm watching a regular cartoon and hence I'm being childish. Sometimes, they even display sarcastic attitudes, so that giving a seriou... |
2012/12/11 | 1,269 | 4,066 | <issue_start>username_0: At his current state, how could Madara possibly be defeated?
Any physical attack/Taijutsu would be easily deflected by either:
* The Susano'o
* The Gunbai (war fan, which proved to easily negate a Bijuudama)
* Shinra Tensei (which wasn't seen yet, but we have to assume he's capable of it).
... |
2012/12/11 | 1,239 | 4,822 | <issue_start>username_0: *Detective Conan* is a notoriously long-running series -- it's been running for like fifteen years, and hundreds of cases have been solved. Conan has made friends, received upgraded technology over time (cell phones!), and has generally "kept up" with its audience.
Yet, logically, time in-univ... |
2012/12/11 | 753 | 2,807 | <issue_start>username_0: If the various "superpower" ninja traits are considered "blood traits," how is it someone like Kakashi, who is in no way related to the Uchiha clan, can use the Sharingan Eye technique?
More fully: would transplanting work on *any* bloodline trait power? If someone had a bloodline trait that ... |
2012/12/11 | 1,519 | 5,112 | <issue_start>username_0: Most ninjas probably don't live very long by the nature of their work. They die on missions, in wars, in raids, while being ambushed by other ninjas, during testing, etc.
However, the handful of ninjas we have seen (e.g. The Third Hokage, as well as Tsunade and Jiraiya) who've lived past the ... |
2012/12/11 | 3,542 | 13,804 | <issue_start>username_0: In Full Metal Alchemist, who is the character (or the concept really) of **Truth**? What does he symbolize? What is his purpose?
From what I guess, he's some sort of your inner God, because he seems to know you better than you do yourself. He knows the best way to punish you, the way that woul... |
2012/12/11 | 698 | 2,632 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Hikaru no Go*, the main character (Hikaru) has a ghostly companion who tutors and trains him in the game of Go, a sort of Othello/chess hybrid game. However, about halfway through the series....
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> Sai ends up disappearing and, from then on, Hikaru must train and succeed on his own.
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2012/12/11 | 870 | 3,166 | <issue_start>username_0: The *henshin* (or, transformation) sequences in *Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon* are legendary for being *awesome*, but do we ever see them change back into their civilian identities?
I'm requesting either video links, screencaptures, or panels from the manga for this one, because I'd like to se... |
2012/12/11 | 910 | 3,119 | <issue_start>username_0: At the start of the *Bleach* manga, Rukia stabs Ichigo in the heart with her *zanpakuto* in order to give him her shinigami powers, which allows him to protect his family from the Hollows.
After that, Ichigo obtains a sealed zanpakuto that he uses (alongside Rukia in a *gigai*) to fight Hollow... |
2012/12/11 | 608 | 2,441 | <issue_start>username_0: Alchemy, in Full Metal Alchemist, is based on the concept of 'one needs to provide materials of equal value compared to the thing one want to create' (equivalent exchange).
But, how does it exactly work.
Can this amount of required materials be calculated by the alchemist? If so, how? Are ther... |
2012/12/12 | 8,381 | 30,298 | <issue_start>username_0: At the ending of Code Geass R2, the last scene showed someone whose face wasn't showed riding a horse-pulling-cart with CC. I believe that it is indeed Lelouch (who was previously stabbed by Suzaku wearing Zero's uniform as part of their Code Zero plan to free Elevens), and that he had gained i... |