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2013/04/27 | 1,298 | 3,983 | <issue_start>username_0: What was the first anime series to use digital production? How many years passed between the first use and the complete conversion to digital?
According to [this interview to <NAME> by ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/video/300/) [04:42] Toei first used digital animation in 1998 for the f... |
2013/04/28 | 510 | 1,855 | <issue_start>username_0: In Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Squid Girl), the protagonist is a strange creature called Ika Musume who looks almost like a young girl, but has a number of strange squid-related abilities, such as spitting ink and using her hair as tentacles. She is also intent on invading humanity.
Are there any s... |
2013/04/28 | 552 | 1,624 | <issue_start>username_0: Kodomo no Jikan has a 3-episode OVA released from 2007 to 2011. The episodes are side-stories which are not directly related to the plot, but I think they are still based on the manga chapters. As such, they should fall somewhere in the story.
Relative to the anime, where do these 3 episodes f... |
2013/04/28 | 729 | 2,370 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that original animes weren't based on light novels or mangas (see: [this](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3408/what-is-the-first-ever-produced-anime-and-manga)). However, I think there are some early shows that are based on mangas (Astro Boy for example, I think). What was the ... |
2013/04/28 | 1,010 | 3,136 | <issue_start>username_0: In <NAME>, Ana is embarrassed by her surname "Coppola". It's implied that it has some meaning (or perhaps sounds like something) in Japanese, but I couldn't figure out what. What does Ana's name sound like, and why is it embarrassing to her?
 no anthropomorphic wolves in the living world, so where did he come from? Was he born th... |
2013/04/28 | 357 | 1,189 | <issue_start>username_0: The Soul King is shown in the Thousand Year Blood War arc, though only briefly. Not much is explained about him, so things like what he can do and what his job is are a bit vague. Is he a Shinigami? If not, what is he?<issue_comment>username_1: Like Madara mentioned, it's really impossible to s... |
2013/04/29 | 1,526 | 4,805 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just curious, does Naruto Shippuuden retain its original seiyuu from Naruto (voice actors)? Or there are certain changes with the voice actors? If there are changes, what are they and what were the reasons for changing?<issue_comment>username_1: Naruto has a lot of different voice actors, b... |
2013/04/30 | 2,020 | 7,248 | <issue_start>username_0: In the first episode of the 4th season (Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties), Nagi is shown living in the apartment building with all of her friends.
(You can't really tell this is the apartments from the screenshot,... |
2013/04/30 | 1,918 | 6,149 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering where mecha genre in Japan originated. It doesn't seem the same as something like the idea of a doll having a soul, which is from Japanese folk beliefs, but it could be.
Is there some historical basis for giant fighting robots (or similar things) in Japan? If not, where did th... |
2013/05/01 | 976 | 3,492 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't think they ever explain in the anime how Hermes (the motorcycle) and Riku (the dog) can talk. There are plenty of talking robots, but they're clearly mechanical entities, while Hermes acts more like a person. Also, electronic speech does not explain Riku.
Is it ever explained how Herme... |
2013/05/03 | 1,591 | 5,792 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a number of very clear parallels between Tokyo Mew Mew and Sailor Moon, beyond the fact that they're both magical girl animes. At 7:35 of [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4D-c2LrlV8), the scene is incredibly similar to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynzTghJmTjw) at 00:5... |
2013/05/03 | 738 | 2,416 | <issue_start>username_0: In anime and manga, there are versions of characters' drawings that are called "chibi" or "[super deformed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_deformed)".
What is the history behind this, and when did drawing ... |
2013/05/03 | 1,110 | 3,938 | <issue_start>username_0: Across all *Gundam* universes, there is always at least one character based on [Char Aznable](http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Char_Aznable) from the original Gundam series. (I say "at least one" because sometimes there is a softer character that is less obviously based on Char.)
* In *Gundam Wing... |
2013/05/03 | 706 | 2,361 | <issue_start>username_0: In Naruto, a number of ninjas have become jonin, such as Neji and Kakashi. Does every ninja who becomes a chunin by definition become a jonin if they live long enough, or do some remain a chunin forever?<issue_comment>username_1: Some become Chunin, some become Jonin. No one knows how they beco... |
2013/05/03 | 1,276 | 4,121 | <issue_start>username_0: Some characters oddly remind me of certain stories I remember reading as a child. While the similarities can be considered purely coincidental, *three* times in one group raises some suspicion. So I ask, Is there any credible source that can state if any One Piece characters are derived or base... |
2013/05/05 | 746 | 2,923 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*, how come Alphonse can sometimes perform alchemy, and at other times it seems he can't? Also, early on the show, wasn't it said that he lost his ability when he lost his body? And if he can do alchemy, why isn't he a state alchemist too?<issue_comment>usern... |
2013/05/06 | 466 | 1,681 | <issue_start>username_0: I read this manga a very long time ago....
And the story goes like this: There's a demon, or vampire or something (can't remember it well) who overpowers all.
He's the strongest, and up until the current state nobody can kill him, because he is somewhat an immortal, because of his healing pow... |
2013/05/08 | 447 | 1,572 | <issue_start>username_0: Why is King Deviluke in his chibi form when Lala, Zastin, Nana and Momo (his offsprings) are on their normal forms? I thought it was because he was on Deviluke planet, but even when he came to earth, he was still on his chibi form. Was it ever explain in the anime?
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2013/05/09 | 2,516 | 8,847 | <issue_start>username_0: In [Koe no Katachi (OOIMA Yoshitoki)](http://myanimelist.net/manga/48621/Koe_no_Katachi) (one-shot version), at the end of the story,
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> the boy, <NAME>, finally met up again with the deaf girl he bullied in the past, Nishimiya, Shouko.
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My question is about the exchange in sign la... |
2013/05/10 | 444 | 1,602 | <issue_start>username_0: This is all I can remember:
It's an anime series with some SF or future theme. The government has the ability to close off a very large city-block with walls that can move and destroy buildings. Behind these walls, they have defenses which can kill anyone who tries to leave the quarantined are... |
2013/05/11 | 1,598 | 5,966 | <issue_start>username_0: Jigglypuff's song is seen to be extremely effective in putting people and Pokemon to sleep, but how does it not fall asleep from its own singing?
Shouldn't it at least fall asleep after it's done?
<issue_comment>username_1: At f... |
2013/05/12 | 1,397 | 4,433 | <issue_start>username_0: *Black Rock Shooter*'s [opening theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPBUC1ZF6dE) is sung by Miku Hatsune.
Are there any other anime soundtracks that incorporate a vocaloid singer (or a similar synthesized voice program) such as Miku?
[](https://i.sta... |
2013/05/12 | 1,293 | 5,246 | <issue_start>username_0: Why is it so hard in many animes to draw people running?
I mean even if the whole anime drawing is good, somehow when someone is running it feels so awkward. Their body movements don't look realistic. Sometimes people seem to be leaping or scrolling. Sometimes their steps seem to be longer tha... |
2013/05/13 | 786 | 2,800 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that Blood-C was produced in-part by Studio Production I.G, the creators of Blood+, and it has a lot of similarities to Blood+, such as the appearance and name of the characters and the name of the manga/anime/film. Are they set in the same world or in some sort of parallel universe, or ... |
2013/05/13 | 1,302 | 4,312 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a number of hand seals in *Naruto* that are used to perform jutsus. I know that the seals themselves have different [zodiac signs](http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b31434c0f3f8d552c0503888ed0ecd7/tumblr_mk7vx9Mb3L1rb51s7o1_500.jpg). Is there any lore or historical basis for these seals, or... |
2013/05/14 | 859 | 2,781 | <issue_start>username_0: In Fairy Tail episode, when Master Makarov take Gildarts to appoint him as new Master, he show something to Gildarts, and I'm so interested in it. Anybody have information about that 'thing'?<issue_comment>username_1: 
Lumen Histoire i... |
2013/05/14 | 302 | 996 | <issue_start>username_0: In the manga, Kenpachi can't hear his Zanpakuto's sound at all in the beginning. But when he's battling with Captain Unohana (previous Kenpachi, I heard), he began to hear his Zanpakuto's speaking. Does anyone know the Zanpakuto's name or its abilities?<issue_comment>username_1: It has not been... |
2013/05/14 | 481 | 1,667 | <issue_start>username_0: 
At the end of the fight between [Souda Emonzaemon](http://katanagatari.wikia.com/wiki/Emonzaemon_S%C5%8Dda) and [Maniwa Pengin](http://katanagatari.wikia.com/wiki/Pengin_Maniwa) in the [episode 11](http://myanimelist.net/foru... |
2013/05/17 | 320 | 1,082 | <issue_start>username_0: In *Buso Renkin*, the medallions each have a Roman numeral inscribed on them. Tokiko's is numbered XLIV (44), and Kazuki's is numbered LXX (70).
What do these numbers mean and why do these characters have these specific numb... |
2013/05/17 | 1,397 | 4,527 | <issue_start>username_0: 
When watching anime, sometimes at the beginning of the show, I come across the warning message
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> テレビアニメを見るときは部屋を明るくして、テレビからはなれて見てください！
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which can be translated as
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> When watching anime, light up the room, and... |
2013/05/17 | 2,096 | 7,219 | <issue_start>username_0: [*Hunter × Hunter*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter) is quite a large series which has [an anime starting in 1999](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter_(1999_TV_series)) and [one starting in 2011](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter_(2011)_ep... |
2013/05/17 | 1,268 | 4,889 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of *Akira*, there is a massive power release; then:
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> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.
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After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."
[ recently that states:
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> "Akira" rewrote every rule for animation. It was filmed at 24 frames per second, in full Cinemascope asp... |
2013/05/18 | 943 | 3,064 | <issue_start>username_0: After reading an interesting post on the "anti-midian" meaning of Seras' battle rifle/cannon thing, I would like to know what the motif of <NAME> from the "Dune" series has to do with her cannon?
Let me give you an example:
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> Alucard's awesome pistol "The Jackal" symbolizes Walter's future... |
2013/05/18 | 1,399 | 4,998 | <issue_start>username_0: *Battle Angel Alita* is known as *Gunnm* in Japan, and Alita as Gally.
Why was the title and name of the series changed when it was localized? What other changes did they make from the original Japanese version?<issue_comment>username_1: Viz Media was responsible for localizing the Battle Ange... |
2013/05/18 | 552 | 2,102 | <issue_start>username_0: Near the end of the second OVA series (Patlabor: New Files), in the episode titled "Snow Rondo" (episode 14). At the end, Asuma Shinohara says it's not a dream and there are hints that it wasn't a dream, but also bits to indicate that didn't happen either.
Can anyone explain what exactly happe... |
2013/05/19 | 1,247 | 4,665 | <issue_start>username_0: What/who causes Lain's "older sister" Mika to go insane? What happened to her (physically and mentally)?
<issue_comment>username_1: Layer 05 "Distortion" shows how Mika goes mad (spoiler from here).
At the beginning of th... |
2013/05/19 | 564 | 1,705 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for an old anime which I watched when I was young, during the 90s. As far as I can remember:
* The earth is flat in the story
* The storyline is about this protagonist trying to save the world by killing monsters by transforming into different mecha?
* The protagonist transform by ... |
2013/05/20 | 1,353 | 4,941 | <issue_start>username_0: An automail must be a masterpiece, as the user seems to be able to use it as a fully working arm/leg/... It seems however, that it's no regular artificial limb.
What's so special about an automail? How does it work? Are there any drawbacks?<issue_comment>username_1: There's a pretty good descr... |
2013/05/20 | 475 | 1,518 | <issue_start>username_0: We know that when the Kyuubi attacked Konoha, the 4th Hokage sealed half of the Kyuubi's chakra using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and half within Naruto.
When Orochimaru sliced the stomach of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal "Reaper"/Shinigami (Chapter 618), all things that was sealed in it was... |
2013/05/20 | 1,029 | 3,455 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure whether anyone around has watched and followed Inazuma Eleven enough to be able to answer this... but here goes!
A brief description: Hissatsu techniques are special techniques in the anime which enables the users to do some powerful moves, including goal keeper techniques, defens... |
2013/05/20 | 1,492 | 5,481 | <issue_start>username_0: How do Claymores advance in ranks within the Organization?
We see many kills during the whole TV show, but Claire never advances in rank.<issue_comment>username_1: It is worth bearing in mind that the TV show only covers the first 7/8 books, and it might be addressed later on in the story.
A... |
2013/05/21 | 735 | 2,834 | <issue_start>username_0: We know a couple of characters whose souls are bound to armor suits, e.g. Alphonse or <NAME>. It was explicitly shown that the armor suits have nothing inside - which means they are just pieces of metal with an rune that binds the soul to the armor.
?<issue_comment>username_1: [Vocaloid](http://en.... |
2013/05/23 | 535 | 1,809 | <issue_start>username_0: When Sasuke fights Danzo, on chapter 477 page 9, he uses summoning technique and a hawk appears.
How and when did he sign a contract with hawks, and thanks to whom did he get it?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> To symbolise his ascension from snakes (i.e. Orochimaru's power) he
> changed his... |
2013/05/23 | 706 | 2,379 | <issue_start>username_0: Team 7 (Naruto's team) existed for at least while before they took the chunin exam, and they took on a number of missions before taking the chunin exams. I can't remember, however, how long they exactly existed as a team before the exam. How long were they genin before the exam? Is that the nor... |
2013/05/24 | 295 | 1,031 | <issue_start>username_0: Tobirama Senju stated that hatred births the Sharingan and strengthens it:
Can an Uchiha remain powerful without hatred? If not, does this imply that Itachi was full of hatred?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think hatred is t... |
2013/05/24 | 1,076 | 3,955 | <issue_start>username_0: Manga magazines are usually targeted to a specific age and gender of readers. Usually shounen manga are written by males even if there are notable examples of female artists working on shounen series (e.g. <NAME>ahashi, CLAMP).
Are there any case of a female mangaka pretending to be a male usi... |
2013/05/26 | 1,008 | 3,592 | <issue_start>username_0: How did it get so popular in otaku subculture?
What is the name of the proper name for name tag that's commonly found on female school swimwear? Sometimes it just says the name, sometimes just the class number, and other times both. What significance does it play both in-universe and in real l... |
2013/05/26 | 556 | 1,882 | <issue_start>username_0: On youtube and elsewhere it's frequent to find "MAD" video, a sort of Anime Music Video (AMV) composed by anime sequences on a music track. Are MAD and AMV synonyms? If not, how these differ from each other and what MAD means?<issue_comment>username_1: MAD are probably refer to a broader classi... |
2013/05/28 | 672 | 2,470 | <issue_start>username_0: On the first episode of *Sword Art Online* we know about a microwaves device installed on the helmet. We learn that this device can damage to death the user's brain removing the limiter. Unplugging the device causes the battery to activate as fallback, using the remaining power on the battery t... |
2013/05/29 | 391 | 1,218 | <issue_start>username_0: What is that manga that is set in the 17th century about a small boy who has a sword from his deceased old man that only he can open when he's angry? The sword is longer than his body.
And he's all about revenge and the manga is often about war tactic or strategy...
Chosen people have star ma... |
2013/05/29 | 945 | 3,025 | <issue_start>username_0: Before the Allied Shinobi Forces HQ was
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was there is a strategy from Nara to be executed. If so, what is this strategy?
As I remember when the scene goes back to the war,
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> Naruto and o... |
2013/05/29 | 387 | 1,427 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just wondering if one of them (Naruto and Sasuke) becomes Hokage, is he promoted from Genin rank directly to Hokage?<issue_comment>username_1: While I am not 100% sure about the transition from Genin to Kage, I do know that Gaara was at most a Chuunin before becoming the Kazekage. So, it wo... |
2013/05/30 | 706 | 2,341 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a (Japanese) cultural term for reverse-tsundere-type or two-faced characters who are sweet on the outside, but mean people on the inside. Like Kanako from *Oreimo* and Akira from *Lucky Star*?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FOSov.png)
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2013/05/31 | 999 | 3,767 | <issue_start>username_0: Hikaru makes Sai play Go over internet with the nickname "Sai". Sai is very powerful, and defeats everybody, even Meijin.
I don't know how to play Go very well, but I perceive that a computer algorithm that plays Go can be written easily. And I believe that there must be a lot of Go bots all o... |
2013/05/31 | 2,355 | 9,675 | <issue_start>username_0: To be honest, I’m mostly interested in <NAME>’s films (My Neighbor Totoro, <NAME>, Ponyo). They aren’t available on Netflix, iTunes, the PS3 or Xbox VOD services despite other Disney-owned movies (Pixar movies for example) being available there. Has Disney ever put any of Ghibli's films in any ... |
2013/06/01 | 488 | 1,580 | <issue_start>username_0: 
In 'Nana', Nana(the singer) has a tattoo of a lotus flower on her arm.
The lotus flower shares the same Kanji as 'Ren' , Nana's boyfriend.
Flowers are used quite a bit in symbolism in media, Is there any further significance to this choice of flo... |
2013/06/02 | 266 | 943 | <issue_start>username_0: Usui wears glasses when he is at home, but at school he doesn't wear them. Hence, either he is wearing contacts at school, or he doesn't really need vision aid but he likes wearing glasses at home for some reason. Why does he choose to wear glasses at home, but not at school?
[ of *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood*, general Grumman's thoughts about a leadership position in Central are made audible to the viewer:
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> *Miles*: And what about the plan, sir? Aren't you going to proceed to central?
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> *Grumman*: I don't seem to have much choice... |
2013/06/03 | 1,328 | 4,994 | <issue_start>username_0: Many anime available are broadcasted very late in Japan. [Few examples](http://www.mahou.org/Showtime/?o=ET):
* Photokano, 1:58 AM
* Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties, 1:35 AM
* Chihayafuru 2, 1:53 AM
Why are anime often aired at night in Japan even though they get better timeslots when exported to ot... |
2013/06/03 | 596 | 1,903 | <issue_start>username_0: <NAME>'s room is often portrayed in the ALO arc of Sword Art Online.
When Suguya is in her room, some stuffed toys are visible in the background.
Penguins resemble those from [M... |
2013/06/04 | 2,239 | 5,913 | <issue_start>username_0: I know *of* the [time notation](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OtakuOClock) for some anime—between 22:00-27:00. I know that this indicates that the show airs at a particular time, and likely targets a particular audience.
Why would this notation be used, and be preferred over a mor... |
2013/06/04 | 662 | 2,408 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just curious if there is any jutsu that would be impossible for Naruto to learn or master without the powers of the Kyuubi inside him?
If there is, which is it and why won't he be able to learn/master it without the Kyuubi? If there's none, then I guess Naruto is actually a smart ninja.<i... |
2013/06/04 | 1,554 | 5,690 | <issue_start>username_0: It is known that the *Yomi Yomi no Mi* fruit will only revive its user once, and also that Devil Fruit users can't swim, so I was wondering... **What would happen if Brook falls into the ocean?** I mean, even if he's alive, as a skeleton he has no lungs, so he should just be unable to go back t... |
2013/06/04 | 997 | 3,590 | <issue_start>username_0: I've only seen bits and pieces of *One Piece*, but I know that Devil Fruit users (people who have eaten a Devil Fruit) can't swim. I never understood why, though. How does this work? It doesn't seem to give arm or leg disabilities, so what would keep them from being able to swim?<issue_comment>... |
2013/06/04 | 1,831 | 6,680 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been wanting to try and get into [*Touhou*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touhou_Project). However, just looking at Wikipedia, there is a crap ton of games and most seem to be for very old systems; they aren't listed in chronological order by store (rather, by release date).
So, I'm wonder... |
2013/06/05 | 4,122 | 17,406 | <issue_start>username_0: I need help understanding what is going on with the Trenni silver coin scheme plot that is mentioned throughout episodes 3-7 of *Spice and Wolf* season 1. Let me explain what I understand and hopefully get some clarity about these *Spice and Wolf* episode plots **(also if someone can block out ... |
2013/06/05 | 1,347 | 4,673 | <issue_start>username_0: According [here](http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Reed),
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> Clow had accidentally wished for Yuko to live, thus severing her time
> from all dimensions. Clow regretted this wish, and no longer wanted
> the title of "world's most powerful magician".
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Though it was said on the same l... |
2013/06/05 | 542 | 1,856 | <issue_start>username_0: For everything Juha Bach is doing in the current Bleach manga, what is his reason for doing so?
Also according to the Bleach wiki his official name is "Yhwach" with no reference to Juha Bach though, so I also wonder about that. What is his canonical name?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> what i... |
2013/06/05 | 652 | 2,328 | <issue_start>username_0: In Cardcaptor Sakura, Yukito and Toya are romantically involved, or at least shown to have romantic feelings for each other. Yukito tells Sakura of his love for Toya. Has it ever been expressed or officially announced what Yue, Yukito's alter-ego, feels towards Toya?<issue_comment>username_1: A... |
2013/06/06 | 403 | 1,090 | <issue_start>username_0: On the last page of Naruto chapter 633 Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura use summoning techniques.
Who is the big frog that Naruto summoned?<issue_comment>username_1: Naruto summoned [Gamakichi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Gamakichi).
Sasuke summon... |
2013/06/07 | 961 | 3,334 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any other manga artist/s (famous or not-so-famous) who caters anime or manga like CLAMP's style?
I'm talking about the *cross-over style* or the re-using of anime characters from one of their manga creations to another and the diverging of their stories. CLAMP is known for that style ... |
2013/06/08 | 1,138 | 3,917 | <issue_start>username_0: The sheer action of the FLEIJA leaves behind a very neat crater and turns matter in its radius into a vacuum (airborne units tend to get blown into the blast center). How did Nunnally and Sayoko survive that?<issue_comment>username_1: [This blogpost](http://animehistory.wordpress.com/2008/09/05... |
2013/06/08 | 488 | 1,765 | <issue_start>username_0: Many series that I have seen have "x in Wonderland" episodes where they have retellings/variations of Alice in Wonderland with the characters from the show. Examples of this include Ouran High School Host Club (episode 13), Black Butler (season 2 OVA 1 and 4), <NAME> (episode 55), and Code Geas... |
2013/06/09 | 799 | 2,586 | <issue_start>username_0: I read a manga a while ago about a girl who fell in love with a guy whose other darker personality appears at night. Later on, the girl and the dark side fell in love with each other and the dark side got jealous that the girl likes the other side of him more.
Can anyone identify what this man... |
2013/06/10 | 722 | 2,776 | <issue_start>username_0: I read about the upcoming **Gatchaman Crowds** anime.
According to [this source](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-16/gatchaman-crowds-anime-characters-staff-revealed), the series is about
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> "Gatchaman" — warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered
> by "NOTE," the m... |
2013/06/12 | 2,006 | 7,150 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been watching Naruto anime for a few months and just started to watch Shinobi World War arc. I was shocked to see 80,000 ninjas assembled. Where did they come from? If we take into account that 5 countries and samurais make 6 countries total, each country would contribute around 12,000 n... |
2013/06/13 | 422 | 1,379 | <issue_start>username_0: In the end of chapter 634, the latest chapter of Naruto Shippuden, Naruto's shuriken and Sasuke's arrow mixed together and formed a new black kind of shuriken to attack the ten tails.
What kind of power does the new shuriken contain? It contains Naruto's Wind element, but which of Sasuke's pow... |
2013/06/16 | 836 | 2,982 | <issue_start>username_0: In the Lucky Star anime, there is a scene where one character mentions something about drama CDs and anime adaptations of the same work having different voice actors. Ironically enough (and probably intended), Lucky Star is one of these franchises.
 until the second generation of pokemon.
When Ash hatches a Pokemon egg and gets Togepi in "who gets to kee... |
2013/06/17 | 1,814 | 5,822 | <issue_start>username_0: In Steins;Gate , Okarin gives some of his projects operation names, such as "Operation Urd".
He mentions that the names he has given them don't really mean anything, but looking at what the names are referencing, it seems otherwise.
Urd (or Urðr... |
2013/06/19 | 322 | 1,102 | <issue_start>username_0: Why can't Inuzuka clan's dogs use human language when Kakashi's dogs can? Also, how does Kiba and Akamaru understand each other?<issue_comment>username_1: Well the difference is quite simple.
the Inuzuka clan's dogs are simple dogs. They can understand human language very well and are the "sid... |
2013/06/19 | 1,278 | 4,380 | <issue_start>username_0: Up until now, only people from the Uzumaki clan were shown to host the Nine-Tails:
1. <NAME>
2. <NAME>
3. <NAME>
were all shown as the Jinchuuriki for the Nine-Tails.
Why can't people from other clans be hosts of the Nine-Tails?<issue_comment>username_1: The answer pretty much lies on the sk... |
2013/06/19 | 1,277 | 4,833 | <issue_start>username_0: In the anime version of Aku no Hana, the animators chose to use a technique called [Rotoscoping](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscoping):
>
> Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films. Originally, r... |
2013/06/21 | 1,033 | 3,958 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the significance of Koizumi noticing Kyon's mole at the end of Lone Island Syndrome?
I don't think there was this ever an explanation made in the anime... was there any context given in the light novel?
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYHm7N3EtmQ#t=44s><issue_comment>username_1: Ther... |
2013/06/21 | 1,187 | 4,071 | <issue_start>username_0: On the surface, red Saber (from *Fate/Extra*) and blue Saber (from *Fate/Stay Night*) look almost identical.
Was it ever explained why they look so similar?
What noticeable differences do the two have, aside from their abilities and attire?
. It’s bugging me that I can’t remember what the anime was. I’m sure I’ll remember the main story once somebody says the title but right now this is just an unassociated fragment in my hea... |
2013/06/23 | 608 | 2,131 | <issue_start>username_0: So, Tsukune's father finds a school admission letter someone drops, and gives it to Tsukune. And then Tsukune goes into a monster school, and the magic to stop humans doesn't work, and he becomes a normal student. Am I the only one who finds this weird?
Is there any reason he was allowed in th... |
2013/06/24 | 701 | 2,500 | <issue_start>username_0: The term "Blitzendegen" is used by the Dorssian military frequently (see [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=valhuf2Ct5o) for an example). It seems to be used as a salute, but it's also used in other context. The term seems to be from German, but its literal meaning in German is "lightning ra... |
2013/06/25 | 951 | 3,611 | <issue_start>username_0: In the latest episode 85, Pitou easily killed Kite even though Killua said Kite is as strong or stronger than a Nen Master. I thought chimera ants had nen similar to that of humans. How come they are so strong?<issue_comment>username_1: Before the royal guard was born, the chimera ants became a... |
2013/06/26 | 2,377 | 9,622 | <issue_start>username_0: Ninjas in *Naruto* run with their hands at the back,
which is very different from normal anime character running.
![A group of children, moving their arms back and forth at their sides normally while running](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fgRk0.... |