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INSERT INTO posts (Id,PostTypeId,AcceptedAnswerId,ParentId,Score,ViewCount,Body,OwnerUserId,OwnerDisplayName,LastEditorUserId,LastEditorDisplayName,LastEditDate,LastActivityDate,CommunityOwnedDate,ClosedDate,Title,Tags,AnswerCount,CommentCount,FavoriteCount,CreationDate,ContentLicense) VALUES
(1,1,8,NULL,80,75864,'<p>Assuming the world in the One Piece universe is round, then there is not really a beginning or an end of the Grand Line.</p>
<p>The Straw Hats started out from the first half and are now sailing across the second half.</p>
<p>Wouldn''t it have been quicker to set sail in the opposite direction from where they started? </p>
',21,NULL,1398,NULL,'2015-04-17 19:06:39','2018-07-13 20:46:01',NULL,NULL,'The treasure in One Piece is at the end of the Grand Line. But isn''t that the same as the beginning?','<one-piece>',6,0,0,'2012-12-11 20:37:09','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(2,1,33,NULL,14,1854,'<p>In the middle of <em>The Dark Tournament</em>, Yusuke Urameshi gets to fully inherit Genkai''s power of the <em>Spirit Wave</em> by absorbing a ball of energy from her.</p>
<p>However, this process turns into an excruciating trial for Yusuke, almost killing him, and keeping him doubled over in extreme pain for a long period of time, so much so that his Spirit Animal, Poo, is also in pain and flies to him to try to help.</p>
<p>My question is, why is it such a painful procedure to learn and absorb this power?</p>
',26,NULL,247,NULL,'2013-02-26 17:02:32','2013-06-20 03:31:39',NULL,NULL,'Why does absorbing the Spirit Wave from Genkai involve such a painful process?','<yu-yu-hakusho>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 20:39:41','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(3,1,148,NULL,11,4392,'<p>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.</p>
<p>What''s the significance of the watermelon and why does she carry one around?</p>
',29,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2020-05-07 03:36:47',NULL,NULL,'What''s the significance of the watermelon in Sora no Otoshimono?','<sora-no-otoshimono>',3,1,0,'2012-12-11 20:42:47','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(4,1,NULL,NULL,11,20290,'<p>Is there any particular software or software family specifically designed for making anime?</p>
<p>Are they drawing all the frames of motion scenes, or does a software automatically generate them? For example, consider a soccer player kicking a football. Let the duration of the scene be 0.5 seconds, and let the frame rate of the video be 24 fps; that makes 12 frames in that scene. Do they patiently draw all those 12 frames manually for that scene which takes only half a second?</p>
',18,NULL,111,NULL,'2013-08-22 12:44:58','2018-01-01 00:43:31',NULL,'2013-02-15 18:24:53','What software is used for making anime?','<anime-production>',1,7,0,'2012-12-11 20:44:47','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(6,1,11,NULL,24,7410,'<p>In several episodes of DB:Z and DB:GT, using SSJ3 form is shown to be <em>very</em> tiring for the user and burns up energy very quickly, compared to SSJ1/2/enhanced/mystic/etc. </p>
<p>However, when DB:GT rolls around, SSJ4 form, while as tiring as all other enhanced forms, doesn''t seem to put as much strain on the user, nor does it have a time limit, as with SSJ3.</p>
<p>Is there a distinct reason for this in terms of power drain, or how the body handles the transformation, or is this perhaps something overlooked when GT was created?</p>
',26,NULL,3028,NULL,'2016-08-22 03:44:56','2017-10-08 19:07:14',NULL,NULL,'Why is SSJ3 shown as tiring to maintain, but SSJ4 is not?','<dragon-ball-z><dragon-ball-series><dragon-ball-gt>',6,2,0,'2012-12-11 20:47:22','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(7,2,NULL,1,4,NULL,'<p>I think that the One Piece, being at the end of the Grand Line, simply refers to the fact that to get to the "One Piece", the legendary treasure talked about by the last Pirate King, you will need to travel to the "end" of the seas. In this case, that means traveling through the most remote/dangerous places so that only the worthy can get to it.</p>
',32,NULL,11083,NULL,'2015-05-26 12:50:41','2015-05-26 12:50:41',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 20:47:29','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(8,2,NULL,1,71,NULL,'<p>No, there is a reason why they can''t. </p>
<p>Basically the <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/New_World" rel="noreferrer">New World</a> is beyond the <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Line" rel="noreferrer">Red Line</a>, but you cannot "walk" on it, or cross it. It''s a huge continent, very tall that you cannot go through. You can''t cross the <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Calm_Belt" rel="noreferrer">Calm Belt</a> either, unless you have some form of locomotion such as the Navy or <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Boa_Hancock" rel="noreferrer">Boa Hancock</a>.</p>
<p>So the only way is to start from one of the Four Seas, then to go the <a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Reverse_Mountain" rel="noreferrer">Reverse Mountain</a> and follow the Grand Line until you reach <em><a href="http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Raftel" rel="noreferrer">Raftel</a></em>, which supposedly is where One Piece is located.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/69IZ0.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
',15,NULL,1528,NULL,'2013-05-06 19:21:05','2013-05-06 19:21:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 20:47:52','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(10,1,6467,NULL,17,65590,'<p>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.</p>
<p>How can Madara still stick around even after the Edo Tensei had been ended? I am not sure if it was something that we needed to think about and figure out by ourselves or is it yet to be revealed?</p>
',32,NULL,27,NULL,'2013-12-20 18:09:17','2018-12-20 18:03:22',NULL,NULL,'How can Madara still stick around even after the Edo Tensei had been ended?','<naruto>',3,2,0,'2012-12-11 20:51:17','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(11,2,NULL,6,22,NULL,'<p>Don''t forget that GT is a filler, it wasn''t created by the original creator, <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama">Akira Toriyama</a></strong>.</p>
<p>There is a very high probability that is was overlooked. Also if I remember correctly, SSJ3 wasn''t shown as tiresome in Dragon Ball GT.</p>
',27,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 20:55:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,3,0,'2012-12-11 20:55:53','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(12,1,22,NULL,13,18680,'<p>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?</p>
',22,NULL,22,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:42:47','2018-03-16 18:38:49',NULL,NULL,'List of surviving Uchiha','<naruto>',3,1,0,'2012-12-11 20:56:15','CC BY-SA 3.0');
INSERT INTO posts (Id,PostTypeId,AcceptedAnswerId,ParentId,Score,ViewCount,Body,OwnerUserId,OwnerDisplayName,LastEditorUserId,LastEditorDisplayName,LastEditDate,LastActivityDate,CommunityOwnedDate,ClosedDate,Title,Tags,AnswerCount,CommentCount,FavoriteCount,CreationDate,ContentLicense) VALUES
(13,1,658,NULL,10,1705,'<p>Ran''s birthday is usually seen as something important in the anime and manga and is talked about a lot. Yet, throughout the entire series of 660+ episodes and 70+ volumes, it has never actually happened.</p>
<p>Why is Ran''s birthday so important to the plot?</p>
',25,NULL,2516,NULL,'2017-12-16 13:34:04','2017-12-16 13:36:03',NULL,NULL,'What is the significance of Ran''s birthday?','<detective-conan>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 20:56:42','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(14,1,20,NULL,47,17434,'<p>In both the Death Note manga and anime, it is stated multiple times by Ryuk that once you use the Death Note, a human can go to neither Heaven nor Hell.</p>
<p>However, it is hinted in an additional movie that encompasses part of the anime that Light was reincarnated as a Shinigami. </p>
<p>Is it then possible to say, that any humans that use the Death Note do not go to Heaven nor Hell because they go to the Shinigami Realm?</p>
',26,NULL,19294,NULL,'2015-12-14 20:56:15','2015-12-14 20:56:15',NULL,NULL,'Do people who use the Death Note become Shinigami themselves?','<death-note>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 20:57:10','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(15,2,NULL,10,10,NULL,'<p>From what I understood, if you know the Edo Tensei technique yourself, and you''re resurrected, you can <em>use it on yourself, after the technique was dismissed by the original caster</em>.</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> So actually, what Madara Uchiha did was use Edo Tensei again, using the original sacrifice Kabuto gave him, so that he is now the new caster, and he revived himself.
Like Madara said on <strong>Chpater 591 page 17</strong>, there is one risk to the technique.
<em>If you know the seal, you can release the summoning contract itself.</em>
Basically, freeing you from the caster''s control. Madara''s soul wasn''t bound by Kabuto anymore, but by himself.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Tell them not to use forbidden jutsu so lightly next time.</p>
',27,NULL,122,NULL,'2013-02-14 14:11:15','2013-02-14 14:11:15',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,15,0,'2012-12-11 20:58:12','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(16,1,524,NULL,8,9902,'<p>In Eyeshield 21, Deimon wins the game against Oujou that gets them into the Christmas Bowl but they''re never shown actually playing in the Christmas Bowl. </p>
<p>Is there a manga that went with this anime that shows the time between beating Oujou and playing professional football or are we just to assume that they won?</p>
',29,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2016-10-28 01:17:29',NULL,NULL,'Does Deimon win the Christmas bowl?','<eyeshield-21>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:00:30','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(17,2,NULL,1,27,NULL,'<p>Luffy''s dream is to be the Pirate King. By definition in One Piece itself, the Pirate King is someone who most freely wanders in the Grand Line. Surely, finding One Piece is a necessity to become the Pirate King, but is not an enough condition.</p>
<p>Luffy loves adventure by nature. He doesn''t want to find One Piece so easily. If he wanted so, he could ask Rayleigh its location in Sabaody Archipelago arc. When Usopp asked it, he shout with a great voice and made Usopp stop asking it. And he said, if he were to learn its location, or even learns if it existed or not, he would quit being a pirate at that moment.</p>
<p>Luffy simply wants to follow steps of the former Pirate King Gol D. Roger. He want to experience a good adventure. He wants to fight strong opponents. He always chooses the hardest path.</p>
<p>If finding One Piece was his only goal, he could have of course spent his time learning cliff climbing skills instead of wasting his time in the sea. Then he could finally climb that huge wall of Red Line and search for Raftel there.</p>
<p>One more thing to note is that the Location of Raftel is unknown. Even Shirohige didn''t know it. Remember that, in a flash-back during the war in Marine Headquarters, Gol D. Roger asks Shirohine if he wants him to tell the location of Raftel.</p>
',18,NULL,65,NULL,'2012-12-12 05:09:57','2012-12-12 05:09:57',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:00:44','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(19,1,21,NULL,48,45926,'<p>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.)</p>
',36,NULL,36,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:40:56','2017-04-19 20:35:01',NULL,NULL,'Do we know what happens to Spike at the end of Cowboy Bebop?','<cowboy-bebop>',4,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:01:35','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(20,2,NULL,14,41,NULL,'<p>No.</p>
<p>Humans who die don''t go to Heaven or Hell (because neither exists).</p>
<p>They go to <a href="http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Mu">Mu</a> (Which means, nothing).</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Death Note, Volume 12</strong>, page <em>188</em>, has these two rules in regards to
"Mu": "All humans will, without exception, eventually die." Also,
"After they die, the place they go is MU (Nothingness)."</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<p>Basically, there''s nothing after death. Shinigami are a different species.</p>
',27,NULL,1528,NULL,'2013-05-06 19:37:28','2013-05-06 19:37:28',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,8,0,'2012-12-11 21:04:05','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(21,2,NULL,19,32,NULL,'<p>According to Wikipedia:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>However, in an interview, Watanabe stated, “I’ve never officially said that he died. At this point, I can tell you that I’m not sure if he’s alive or dead.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The link to the source is <a href="http://mrsspooky.net/bebop/TheDailyTexan.pdf">here</a>. Though it''s very hard to look at it, unfortunately.</p>
',25,NULL,49,NULL,'2013-01-24 16:29:30','2013-01-24 16:29:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:05:07','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(22,2,NULL,12,19,NULL,'<p>The following:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Uchiha Itachi</strong> - Who performed the massacre. Was killed later by Sasuke (according to his plan), then reanimated, eventually to die again (permanently, this time).</li>
<li><strong>Uchiha Sasuke</strong> - Who was spared by Itachi in hopes of making him strong. Still alive.</li>
</ul>
<p>That''s about it from the traditional ones.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Madara Uchiha</strong> - Who was dead during the massacre, was also later reanimated.</li>
<li>Uchiha Obito also survived the massacre, in fact, he helped Itachi execute it (as Tobi).</li>
</ul>
<h3>And also</h3>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> <a href="http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sarada_Uchiha" rel="noreferrer">Sarada Uchiha</a>, Sasuke''s and Sakura''s daughter, also counts for the purposes of this list.</p>
</blockquote>
',27,NULL,27,NULL,'2015-01-19 22:22:03','2015-01-19 22:22:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,8,0,'2012-12-11 21:05:57','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(23,1,20707,NULL,33,4435,'<p>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 turning a profit it''s tough to imagine (from my American viewpoint, anyway) that the producers would abandon it, when it could easily continue (given its proven popularity, voice actors lined up, storyline set, etc.)</p>
<p>Is there an overarching reason? Do many anime not turn a profit?</p>
',36,NULL,16253,NULL,'2015-09-06 06:12:04','2017-01-12 20:53:19',NULL,NULL,'Do anime usually lose money?','<anime-production>',4,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:06:37','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(24,2,NULL,12,2,NULL,'<p>Itachi Uchiha<br>
Sasuke Uchiha</p>
<p>Spoiler:</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> Madara Uchiha - he was alive during the obito flashback but not sure if he was still alive after the clan massacre.
Obito Uchiha - Tobi turned out to really be Obito.</p>
</blockquote>
',32,NULL,49,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:20:09','2012-12-11 21:20:09',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,5,0,'2012-12-11 21:07:39','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(25,2,NULL,19,13,NULL,'<p>Shinichiro Watanabe has stated:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I''ve never officially said that he died. At this point, I can tell you that I’m not sure if he’s alive or dead</p>
</blockquote>
<p>He decided to leave it open-ended, so, even with the many hypothesis on the internet, I guess the real answer is to ask yourself.</p>
<p>Source is the same as in Rapptz''s answer: <a href="http://mrsspooky.net/bebop/TheDailyTexan.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://mrsspooky.net/bebop/TheDailyTexan.pdf</a> at the top of page 5.</p>
',43,NULL,43,NULL,'2016-04-25 07:31:56','2016-04-25 07:31:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:09:37','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(26,1,689,NULL,11,15240,'<p>There are a few places in <em>Mobile Suit Gundam Seed</em> where Kira Yamato 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.</p>
<p>Athrun sets the Aegis to self destruct, attaches it to Kira''s suit, and bails out to avoid the explosion. Kira is apparently trapped in the deadly blast, though. Assuming he''s not cloned or something like that (which the humans & Coordinators of Seed almost certainly have the technology to do), he somehow managed to survive and escape from that situation.</p>
<p>How did Kira survive when the Aegis self-destructed at point-blank range to his own mobile suit?</p>
',44,NULL,44,NULL,'2012-12-13 22:42:19','2017-11-12 04:35:15',NULL,NULL,'How does Kira Yamato survive the Aegis'' self-destruct in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed?','<mobile-suit-gundam-seed>',2,2,0,'2012-12-11 21:09:45','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(27,1,NULL,NULL,11,1197,'<p>In episode 25 of Valkyria Chronicles, Maximilian shoots (and it is strongly implied that he kills) Jaeger:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qyj0L.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qyj0Ll.jpg" alt=""What a shame, Jaeger.""></a></p>
<p>Yet during the credits of the final episode (26), Jaeger is clearly seen walking in the background at the train station:</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pVEsm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pVEsml.jpg" alt="Jaeger in background, circled"></a></p>
<p>What''s the deal here? Did Jaeger not get shot? Or did he get shot but survived? And if so, how in the world did he escape from the rest of the crumbling fortress?</p>
',17,NULL,16253,NULL,'2015-09-07 02:51:48','2017-12-16 16:40:00',NULL,NULL,'How is Jaeger still alive at the end of Valkyria Chronicles?','<valkyria-chronicles>',2,7,0,'2012-12-11 21:10:16','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(28,1,NULL,NULL,5,2334,'<p>Let''s say you want to extract texts from the visual novel for the purpose of looking up the word in the dictionary, or feeding them into a machine translator. How would one go about accomplishing this?</p>
',37,NULL,63,NULL,'2016-04-01 20:54:33','2016-04-01 20:54:33',NULL,'2012-12-14 09:52:29','How do you extract texts into a text format that you can copy and paste from visual novels?','<resources>',1,4,0,'2012-12-11 21:12:11','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(29,1,70,NULL,22,1566,'<p>To explain, I want to know whether it is more efficient to produce anime or manga, and why.</p>
<p>Anime: </p>
<ul>
<li>Needs to be made frame by frame</li>
<li>need people to record voice.</li>
</ul>
<p>Manga: </p>
<ul>
<li>Needs lots of paper</li>
<li>has to be printed.</li>
</ul>
<p>By more efficient, I mean which one has more profit and takes less time to make.</p>
',NULL,'user42',1587,NULL,'2015-12-20 12:15:27','2016-12-03 16:06:31',NULL,NULL,'Is anime production more efficient than manga production?','<anime-production><manga-production>',2,2,0,'2012-12-11 21:15:32','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(31,2,NULL,23,17,NULL,'<p>Anime is much bigger in Japan. There are lots of mangas that were given a shot at anime adaptation, but they didn''t get a following and eventually got pulled. In my opinion, the manga has to be popular in Japan first before the network heads start to export the anime officially. </p>
<p>There are other reasons aside from profit. Take Gintama for example; I can''t be sure if they were pulled off air because of profit (which I doubt) or because the network wasn''t happy with the show''s direction.</p>
<p>So, yes, the big reason why they get pulled off air is because the anime didn''t make enough profit. It''s a competitive market.</p>
',28,NULL,19307,NULL,'2017-01-12 20:53:19','2017-01-12 20:53:19',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 21:19:02','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(32,2,NULL,28,8,NULL,'<p>There are some software, such as <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/agthook/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anime Games Text Hooker</a> or <a href="http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/208860-Interactive-Text-Hooker-new-text-extraction-tool" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Interactive Text Hooker</a>, that are especially made for this purpose. Some people use them together with automated translation tools.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hongfire.com/forum/showthread.php/59189-AGTH-TRANSLATOR-AGGREGATOR-ILLUSTRATED-GUIDE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">An AGTH tutorial</a>, and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3VC2T.jpg" alt="AGTH"></p>
<p><a href="http://www.craneanime.com/2011/01/tutorial-ith-interactive-text-hooker.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">An ITH tutorial</a>, and an example screenshot of how it looks in action:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZP2o2.jpg" alt="ITH"></p>
',38,NULL,38,NULL,'2012-12-11 22:02:40','2012-12-11 22:02:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:19:09','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(33,2,NULL,2,8,NULL,'<p>Spirit Energy is a part of one''s life energy, like an extension of one''s soul. When Genkai transfers her spirit energy into Yusuke to teach him the technique, it is incredibly painful for him to receive such an overwhelming amount of energy/soul at once because his body takes time to adjust to the new levels of energy.</p>
',52,NULL,88,NULL,'2013-06-20 03:31:39','2013-06-20 03:31:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 21:22:12','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(34,1,191,NULL,7,5108,'<p>I''m kind of a fan of time travel stories, so I got a little disappointed with <em>Steins;Gate</em>.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel#Time_travel_in_fiction" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a>,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Time travel themes in science fiction and the media can generally be grouped into three categories: immutable timeline; mutable timeline; and alternate histories, as in the interacting-many-worlds interpretation.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>When they explained timelines in the show, I got the idea of the timelines being alternate, but then we got all of this "Alpha/Beta timeline", and that goes more with the immutable timelines, with some alternate-difficult-to-reach timelines.</p>
<p>And at the end, Okabe couldn''t change the beta timeline, except if he cheated himself (which would make the timeline mutable)...</p>
<p>So, did the scriptwriters just cherry-picked things as they felt it could add more drama? (For example, I was telling myself all the time: if Kurisu dies in timeline beta, and Mayuri dies in timeline alpha... wouldn''t the solution be going to timeline Gamma?!) </p>
<p>Am I missing something?</p>
',43,NULL,2516,NULL,'2017-12-16 16:49:29','2017-12-16 16:52:40',NULL,'2012-12-13 17:42:00','What time travel category applies on Steins;Gate?','<steins-gate>',1,2,0,'2012-12-11 21:22:37','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(35,1,142,NULL,17,3465,'<p>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 explains why references to Haruhi and Full Metal Panic weren''t censored (as far as I remember). Interestingly these instances of censorship probably could have been removed in the English release since it was licensed by Bandai, but I don''t know if they actually were, so this question might only apply to the Japanese version.</p>
<p>However, there are still a few cases of references which weren''t censored despite no obvious connection between the Lucky Star team and the source. The one that immediately comes to mind is To Heart, which is referenced several times. To Heart is associated with VN studio Leaf as well as animation studios Oriental Light and Magic and AIC, neither of which have anything to do with Lucky Star (KyoAni and Kadokawa). I can''t find any connections between them, but of course that could be oversight on my part, and I didn''t check all of the individual staff members.</p>
<p>Is there some connection that I missed? Barring that, what sort of policy would a studio typically use for references like this? Would they try to obtain permission for all of the references, or just bleep the ones that seem risky to them?</p>
',24,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2018-12-18 01:59:08',NULL,NULL,'Why are only some of the references censored in Lucky Star','<lucky-star>',3,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:23:46','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(36,1,45,NULL,23,32360,'<p>Doujinshi seem to represent usually works of amateurs, but that is a subjective measure. What is the objective difference between both works?</p>
',38,NULL,27,NULL,'2013-02-02 13:41:21','2013-02-02 13:41:21',NULL,NULL,'What is the difference between doujinshi and manga?','<terminology><doujinshi><manga-production>',3,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:26:07','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(38,2,NULL,4,7,NULL,'<p>It depends on a few different things, including the content, the style, and when it was made (i.e. did the technology exist to do it one way vs. another?) </p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/YibyPAsCCJE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here''s a GREAT example of multiple anime styles used in a single show --</a> we go from "high quality" level animation for the transformations, to the more "western", flash-friendly style the show is normally in, to a rather garish live-action explosion at the end. These all require different approaches.</p>
<p>If you pay attention, you can also spot where the characters aren''t moving much in certain points in the video (like where Panty & Stocking are standing still under the "disco" lighting), so they can get away with only drawing the frame once even though the scene goes for much longer. </p>
<p>When "tweening" between keyframes (to produce moving animation like your soccer ball example), yes, those have to be hand-drawn -- or at least hand-checked, even if a computer is used to extrapolate between keyframes! Using certain animation software like <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flash.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Flash</a>, <a href="http://www.toonboom.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Toon Boom</a>, or 3D modeling software like <a href="http://www.blender.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Blender</a> may take out some of the work, but none of that software can compensate for a bad animator, or replace an artist at the helm. </p>
<p>There''s plenty of shortcuts animators use, but the computer never draws the cartoon for them -- they still have to do that part themselves!</p>
',41,NULL,37396,NULL,'2018-01-01 00:43:31','2018-01-01 00:43:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:29:40','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(39,1,335,NULL,68,38931,'<p>If you''ve seen much anime, you''re familiar with the male character getting a bloody nose when he gets sexually excited. For example:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/v7TF4m.jpg" alt="Master Roshi (Dragon Ball)">
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tp8rTm.jpg" alt="Umino Iruka (Naruto)"></p>
<p><sub>Master Roshi (Dragon Ball) and Umino Iruka (Naruto)</sub></p>
<p>However, when I mentioned this to a Japanese person (someone who was not a big anime viewer), she was confused, and adamant that a bloody nose would normally just mean that the person was excited in general, and it would not necessarily have anything to do with sexual excitement.</p>
<p>This could (and seems likely to be) true for Japanese day to day real life, but very different in anime, where the connection to libido seems very clear. </p>
<p>Is there someone that can explain this difference? Is the "bloody nose" in anime just used to signify excitement, and it just happens to often (always) be sexual excitement because of the plot? Or is it supposed to be just understood how a bloody nose is interpreted in anime is different from normal life?</p>
',36,NULL,1908,NULL,'2014-04-18 07:01:52','2018-07-29 07:06:37',NULL,NULL,'Does the "bloody nose" trope necessarily imply a sexual situation?','<tropes>',8,4,0,'2012-12-11 21:31:20','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(40,2,NULL,36,9,NULL,'<p>Well, if it''s self published, it is called doujinshi. If it''s by a manga publisher, it''s manga. Note that this distinction makes no mention of relative quality...simply who is doing the publishing (and presumably paying for) the work.</p>
<p>Wikipedia highlights this in the first paragraph: </p>
<blockquote>
<p>Dōjinshi (同人誌?, often transliterated as doujinshi) is the Japanese
term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels.
Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional
artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular
industry.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Note, professional artists can produce doujinshi if they''re self-publishing that particular product. </p>
',36,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:33:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:33:36','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(41,2,NULL,36,6,NULL,'<p>Doujinshi just means you published it yourself, so the difference is that non-doujinshi manga is published by a company, while doujinshi manga is a self-published manga</p>
',43,NULL,27,NULL,'2013-02-02 13:40:49','2013-02-02 13:40:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:33:43','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(42,2,NULL,39,5,NULL,'<p>According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Facial_expressions">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Male characters will develop a bloody nose around their female love interests (typically to indicate arousal, which is a play on an old wives'' tale).</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It has a reference in the end of this sentence that leads <a href="http://www.umich.edu/~anime/info_emotions.html">here</a>.</p>
<p>I am not sure if these are reliable source, though...</p>
',49,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:34:36',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:34:36','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(43,2,NULL,29,7,NULL,'<p>In term of human resources as well as production costs, manga is thousands of times more efficient than anime.</p>
<p>The personnel involved in a manga production (the chain is very little):</p>
<ul>
<li>Mangaka</li>
<li>4 or 5 assistants at best</li>
<li>Graphic design staff (logos, covers, general branding of a series is often externalized)</li>
<li>Series editor</li>
<li>Chief editor</li>
<li>Printing staff</li>
<li>Distribution staff</li>
</ul>
<p>And the materials needed is minimal, since the drawing stuff, while not cheap, is lots of times cheaper than all the needs to make an anime.</p>
<p>In the anime production the staff needed is lots of times that amount, since the editors (here named "producers") and distribution staff are part of large committees, and the production staff (director, animation staff) is very large, too. So, only in staff and time the costs are way bigger, and the distribution and marketing expenses are significative.</p>
<p>So, in the end, I think that manga is way more efficient than anime.</p>
',31,NULL,8486,NULL,'2016-12-03 16:06:31','2016-12-03 16:06:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:36:45','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(44,2,NULL,6,10,NULL,'<p>In SSJ3 form, the energy output is huge, in contrast to the SSJ4 form. The proof is written in this article from <a href="http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_3" rel="nofollow">the Dragon Ball Wiki</a>. The reason behind that is not known, as far as I know.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In Dragon Ball GT, Goku''s child form caused him to have trouble using
Super Saiyan 3. His small body could not handle the energy output of
the transformation, and he could only hold it for one minute. [...] It
was after this fight that Goku discontinued the usage of Super Saiyan
3, as it was heavily outclassed by the raw power and minimal setbacks
of Super Saiyan 4.</p>
</blockquote>
',47,NULL,11083,NULL,'2015-04-25 18:52:30','2015-04-25 18:52:30',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:40:46','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(45,2,NULL,36,25,NULL,'<p>Doujinshi is closer to what we think of as "indie/self-published" comics compared to manga. <strong>Professionals can produce doujinshi as well as amateurs,</strong> and many mangaka will produce doujinshi on the side when they''re otherwise unable to produce a certain work for legal reasons. </p>
<p>Doujinshi are often, but not limited to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fanart of pre-existing intellectual properties</li>
<li>Ecchi material</li>
<li>One-shots</li>
</ul>
<p>The quality of any given doujinshi can vary as a result, since literally anyone can produce a doujinshi without any sort of editorial oversight. </p>
',41,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:41:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:41:46','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(48,1,NULL,NULL,8,7344,'<p>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, he loses control and doesn''t remember any of it. Later on he starts to control Ergo, but at the same time he can talk with him.</p>
<p>So, basically, I don''t understand which ''came first'':
Is Vincent Law Ergo Proxy? Or is it the other way around? Or are they actually two different ''selves'' that ''reside in the same body''?</p>
',49,NULL,49,NULL,'2015-09-07 00:33:14','2017-11-04 04:42:55',NULL,NULL,'What is the relation between Ergo Proxy and Vincent Law?','<ergo-proxy>',3,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:44:49','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(49,2,NULL,39,33,NULL,'<p>The bloody nose gag exaggerates the rise in blood pressure when people are aroused, to such a degree that blood shoots out of the aroused character''s nose.</p>
',28,NULL,44,NULL,'2012-12-13 14:14:31','2012-12-13 14:14:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,3,0,'2012-12-11 21:49:08','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(50,2,NULL,39,14,NULL,'<p>As far as I know, it comes from embarrassment more than arousal. Note that it tends to not be perverts who get bloody noses (at least not when they''re dealing with someone other than their primary love interest). Instead, it is the semi innocent/honorable hero/supporting character, the one who is not actively trying to look at a female''s chest.</p>
<p>When presented with this kind of situation, all of a sudden, they tend to become quite embarrassed. This embarrassment normally leads to the face being filled with blood (blushing). BUT, to show an extreme case of this embarrassment, their nose bleeds instead from the excessive blood pressure buildup.</p>
',46,NULL,8486,NULL,'2016-12-03 16:09:32','2016-12-03 16:09:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6,0,'2012-12-11 21:49:30','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(51,1,13263,NULL,27,6081,'<p>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.</p>
<p>But imagine the following situation, a Shinigami has accumulated 500 years of lifespan by killing a lot of humans. That Shinigami then kills someone for a human, to save his life, and dies.</p>
<p>Does that mean the human would gain 500 years to his lifespan?</p>
',27,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2018-01-19 02:10:06',NULL,NULL,'What would happen if a Shinigami with exceedingly long life-span dies for a human?','<death-note>',2,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:49:35','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(53,5,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LZpIY.jpg" alt="Ergo Proxy promotional art"></p>
<p><strong><em>Ergo Proxy</em></strong> is a sci-fi TV anime series with screenplay by Dai Satō, among others. </p>
<p>For more information, see:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergo_Proxy" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Ergo Proxy</em></a> on Wikipedia</li>
</ul>
',49,NULL,24,NULL,'2014-12-19 04:56:31','2014-12-19 04:56:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:51:00','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(54,4,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'Ergo Proxy is a sci-fi TV anime series with screenplay by Dai Satou, among others. ',49,NULL,24,NULL,'2014-12-19 04:56:31','2014-12-19 04:56:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:51:00','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(55,1,256,NULL,128,955811,'<p>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:</p>
<p><strong>Does it present a lot of deep variations</strong> (plot-wise, character-wise or otherwise)<strong>, or is it just the same series with updated art?</strong></p>
',61,NULL,63,NULL,'2016-01-18 09:29:06','2020-08-22 07:43:01',NULL,NULL,'What''s the difference between the FMA and FMA Brotherhood series?','<fullmetal-alchemist-series><fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood><fullmetal-alchemist-2003>',5,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:52:51','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(56,1,138,NULL,12,4776,'<p>In order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Anime Tenchou (who most notably appears in Lucky Star), ufotable animated a 10 minute crossover anime between Touhou and Anime Tenchou in 2010. ANN has a news release about it <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-24/touhou-project-anime-tenchou-get-anime-by-ufotable">here</a>.</p>
<p>I know that this was shown at Animate Ichioshi Bishōjo Matsuri according to the news release, but I have not been able to find any information about a general release. Was this ever released in any format to the general public? </p>
',24,NULL,107,NULL,'2013-06-12 03:46:56','2014-06-09 21:11:47',NULL,NULL,'Was the ufotable Touhou anime ever released?','<touhou-project><anime-tenchou>',1,1,0,'2012-12-11 21:56:13','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(57,2,NULL,23,9,NULL,'<p>You have to remember that <strong>it''s far cheaper and easier to produce a manga</strong> than it is to produce an anime -- it takes fewer people to produce a manga, which means less money is needed to pay for production, even if you pay everyone involved a huge salary (and you usually don''t).</p>
<p>More investment means more risk, so if an anime doesn''t turn a big enough profit fast enough, it may not warrant further investment. </p>
<p>You can keep a crap manga going a lot longer than a crap anime, if only because the bar for financial security is that much lower.</p>
',41,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 21:56:48',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,4,0,'2012-12-11 21:56:48','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(58,2,NULL,55,32,NULL,'<p>Brotherhood is actually more faithful to the Manga. The first <em>''version''</em> follows the Manga to some extent (about half the show) although it adds some details that do not follow the Manga.</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> The whole thing regarding the creation of Homunculus is completely different in the first series.
<br>
The whole Ishbal incident is also different.
<br>
The role Hohenheim plays in the first series is rather ridiculous comparing to his <em>''real''</em> role.
<br>
And there is also no Father in the first series...</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Most of these different aspects I really don''t understand. </p>
<p>As for the number of episodes: the <em>''reboot''</em> actually catches up to the first version rather fast (in about the first 4th) and then has <em>''new material''</em> (comparing to the first one, but actually it is just going according to the manga) until the end of it. Brotherhood also has more episodes (64, compared to 51) .</p>
<p>Also, the animation in itself is rather different in Brotherhood (much better IMO).</p>
<p>Basically, the first series is, in my opinion, rather poor when compared to Brotherhood. </p>
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(59,2,NULL,55,13,NULL,'<p>As you''ve said, two animes were done: </p>
<ul>
<li><em>Full Metal Alchemist</em></li>
<li><em>Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood</em>.</li>
</ul>
<p>While they both start the same way, the first one starts to develop following a whole different path than the Manga. This is because when it was being aired, the Manga was not done yet, so the plot as well as the end of the anime are invented.</p>
<p>The second was done after the Manga ended, so it respects the original Manga much more. I watched both because I didn''t know of this distinction. But I can tell you quite objectively, that even if the first one is not so faithful, it was of very good quality, speaking of plot twists, unexpected changes in history and other similar devices.</p>
',15,NULL,15,NULL,'2012-12-12 10:07:12','2012-12-12 10:07:12',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 21:59:03','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(60,2,NULL,55,14,NULL,'<p>The new Fullmetal Alchemist series is completely worth it since it adapts the original manga from beginning to end. The previous series, while being really good (in my opinion), diverges from the manga in the whole second half and ends in a way that was not supposed to be. The new series follows everything, retells in just a few chapters what we previously watched and then tells a completely new story with a completely new end.</p>
',31,NULL,2604,NULL,'2015-09-21 00:45:24','2015-09-21 00:45:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 22:00:24','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(61,1,66,NULL,20,613,'<p>Voice acting is one of the many things that can make an anime movie, OVA or TV series successful or not, and some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan" rel="noreferrer">seiyuu</a> gain their own followings or are treated like idols.</p>
<p>What happens if, say, a major character''s seiyuu has an accident, dies or quits before the production is finished?</p>
<p>Has this ever happened, and if so, what were the consequences, measures taken, and reaction from fans to those measures?</p>
',38,NULL,16253,NULL,'2015-09-08 02:11:14','2015-09-08 02:11:14',NULL,NULL,'What happens when a seiyuu cannot continue working on a production?','<anime-production><voice-acting>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:10:41','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(63,1,NULL,NULL,10,4011,'<p>As the series develops, it seems that Ergo Proxy has a growing number of philosophical references:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The concept of Anamnesis in episode 11.</p></li>
<li><p>The Council/Collective figures.</p></li>
<li><p>All the events in episode 20.</p></li>
<li><p>Every discussion Vincent has with Ergo about the ''self'' (especially episode 11)</p></li>
<li><p>And numerous others that I don''t recall at the moment...</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Which philosophical concepts/authors are referenced or portrayed in the series?</p>
',49,NULL,63,NULL,'2015-10-01 18:32:36','2015-10-01 18:32:36',NULL,NULL,'What philosophical concepts and/or authors are referenced in the series?','<tropes><ergo-proxy>',3,7,0,'2012-12-11 22:12:57','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(64,1,297,NULL,18,12444,'<p>Hiro Mashima, the author of Fairy Tail, has a really similar drawing style to Eiichiro Oda, One Piece mangaka.</p>
<p>We know that some well known mangakas had previously worked as assistants to others (like Hiroyuki Takei and Eiichiro Oda himself, both worked with Nobuhiro Watsuki), so I was wondering if Hiro Mashima has something in common with Eiichiro Oda, since they had very similar styles at the beginning.</p>
',31,NULL,11083,NULL,'2015-05-08 20:15:24','2016-03-22 03:57:30',NULL,NULL,'Does Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail) have something in common with Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)?','<one-piece><mangaka><fairy-tail>',1,2,0,'2012-12-11 22:15:57','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(65,2,NULL,51,11,NULL,'<p>Essentially yes, they will become semi-immortal. They will have a long, long natural lives but they''ll still be vulnerable to death.</p>
',28,NULL,28,NULL,'2012-12-13 05:23:16','2012-12-13 05:23:16',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6,0,'2012-12-11 22:21:12','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(66,2,NULL,61,15,NULL,'<p>This happens occasionally. The most recent example that I can think of is when Kawaragi Shiho, the seiyuu of Nishizono Mio from Little Busters!, got pregnant. In fact, this is very recent, as she just <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-12-10/voice-actress-shiho-kawaragi-gives-birth-to-healthy-girl">gave birth</a> last Friday (December 7th). Of course Mio isn''t the main character, but she''s not a minor character either.</p>
<p>In this case, they just replaced her (with Tatsumi Yuiko). That''s about the only real option they have most of the time. Unless the problem is only for a very short duration, the entire show is not going to be delayed for one seiyuu. If it happens well in advance and the character is pretty important, they can probably work around it. Gotou Yuuko (seiyuu for Hiro from Hidamari Sketch), who was on hiatus for a while this year for health reasons but is back now in Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, is a good example of this. However, this is a pretty atypical situation, and the other shows she was in mostly got replacements.</p>
<p>In the end, unless the character is crucially important, it''s very likely that they''ll get a replacement, since it''s pretty much the only realistic option. If something like this happens for a popular character in the off-season, it can also affect the possibility of sequels (e.g. most shows with Aya Hirano leads probably aren''t in the sequel market). It usually doesn''t hurt the seiyuu''s career too much if it occurs for good reasons e.g. health, but some impact is inevitable.</p>
',24,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 22:34:59',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,3,0,'2012-12-11 22:34:59','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(67,1,NULL,NULL,7,356,'<p>I know that the <em>Princess Tutu</em> anime uses a lot of music and performances from the ballets <em>Swan Lake</em> and <em>The Nutcracker</em>. However, does the anime''s main plotline -- of a princess who helps return the prince''s heart to him, only to die upon confessing her love -- closely follow either story? If so, what are the major deviations?</p>
',NULL,'user74',NULL,NULL,NULL,'2017-11-01 21:07:19',NULL,NULL,'How closely does Princess Tutu follow Swan Lake and The Nutcracker?','<princess-tutu>',1,1,0,'2012-12-11 22:36:36','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(68,1,NULL,NULL,7,1851,'<p>I know that <em>Saiunkoku Monogatari</em> is based on a series of light novels. How closely does the anime (both seasons) follow the original series? What are its main points of deviation?</p>
',NULL,'user74',27,NULL,'2012-12-19 21:34:51','2015-06-25 17:18:27',NULL,NULL,'How closely does the Saiunkoku Monogatari anime series follow the light novels?','<saiunkoku-monogatari>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:38:55','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(69,1,NULL,NULL,132,124177,'<p>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 serious long explanation wouldn''t be possible.</p>
<p>What effectively explains how an anime is different from a regular cartoon?</p>
',18,NULL,107,NULL,'2012-12-14 04:08:00','2016-03-30 03:01:17',NULL,NULL,'What differentiates anime from regular cartoons?','<anime-production>',9,1,0,'2012-12-11 22:39:04','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(70,2,NULL,29,18,NULL,'<p>A production is only as productive as the people that make it up.</p>
<p>Manga production happens at a much smaller scale compared to <a href="http://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-guide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/" rel="nofollow">anime production</a>.</p>
<p>For anime production, on top of publisher front costs, you have to get your staff, sponsors, script, character/set designers, broadcasting rights, and advertising ready before the production even starts. </p>
<p>Typically only half the budget allocated to an anime is used by the studio in charge. </p>
<p>Manga production can vary greatly. Some authors are interested in creative input from their assistants, while others only ask them to assist. Some artists like do to as much of the work themselves as possible, others have their assistants fill in most of the page while the artist only draws the "name" (a kind of storyboard for manga) and main characters.</p>
<p>Anime are usually created and broadcast at a loss while profits are made from DVD/Blu-ray and merchandising sales. Most mangas are produced at a loss, their viability access by their rank in their parent magazine''s reader survey polls and takubon (volume) sales. </p>
<p>Generally, it takes around <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/makaronisan/20060719/1153219520" rel="nofollow">8,000,000 to 10,000,000 yen</a> to make a "30 minute" episode anime, while it takes only about 2,000,000 yen to produce a weekly serialization, because it typically takes 2 months for a tankoubon can be compiled, at a 100-page monthly production rate. </p>
<p>On top of that you have to factor in rent for the studio, and payroll (pay + pensions) for that staff which typically is composed of 1 chief-assistant + 2 or 3 assistants + 1 background artist, typically a group of 4 to 5 people. Different authors/artist get different rates depending on the publisher and the experience/fame of the author/artist. </p>
<p>Most animators are <a href="http://motoz5.cocolog-nifty.com/animator/2006/12/post_41df.html" rel="nofollow">contract employees to a production studio</a>. Therefore they do not get benefits, pensions, or vacations. Because many productions employ so many animators for their tween animations it can be hard to keeps track of who''s who and doing what.</p>
<p>A well managed small anime production can sometimes be more efficient than a large high budget manga serialization, but the opposite can be true as well. It usually comes down to who is an change and how the work trickles down.</p>
',63,NULL,102,NULL,'2015-12-21 04:45:39','2015-12-21 04:45:39',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:43:43','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(72,2,NULL,69,31,NULL,'<p>My personal argument:</p>
<p>Cartoons are <em>mainly</em> produced for <em>kids</em>, with topics about friendship, fun, exploration and similar things.</p>
<p>Anime / manga and related media <em>mainly</em> are produced for targets of <em>all ages</em> (except for Hentai and Ecchi series, of course). They can of course contain the "kids content", but there are much more serious ones out there, e.g. ones about love, death, conflicts, and wars. They''re simply much deeper. The drawing and character art of cartoons is often vastly deformed / otherworldly to emphasize the disconnect from reality and the fun part of it.</p>
<p>Another difference is the way characters evolve. In most comics I''ve read, you have episodic experiences which are, at most, loosely connected, and so characters don''t really evolve / grow up. I''m sure there are counter-examples out there, but I think we can agree that the characters are not the focus.</p>
<p>For most anime and related media, the characters are <em>much</em> deeper. Of course you also have the occasional counter-example here, but the characters get a much bigger focus.</p>
<p>You can think of anime / manga / visual novels / light novels as (Western) books / series / movies with regards to the content, except they''re drawn (or have illustrative content) instead of being filmed / purely in written form.</p>
<hr>
<p>Note that there are examples of anime that look and feel just like Western cartoons (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, for the "look" aspect, at least) and the other way around (Avatar - The Last Airbender, Korra).</p>
',20,NULL,2604,NULL,'2015-06-18 07:55:18','2015-06-18 07:55:18',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,4,0,'2012-12-11 22:46:28','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(73,2,NULL,69,17,NULL,'<p>Anime and cartoon are both used to identified an animated production, the first made in Japan, the other ones in the rest of the world...</p>
<p>If we have to show more detailed difference I''d say:</p>
<p><strong>Visual characteristics</strong><br>
Anime: Distinct facial expressions. Wide variation in physical characteristics.
Physical features of characters are, on the whole, closer to reality than cartoons.<br>
Cartoon: Characters usually have features that are not relative to the rest of the body and therefore further from reality than anime.</p>
<p><strong>Topics/Themes</strong><br>
Anime: concentrates mostly on life issues or things tied closer to human emotion.<br>
Cartoons: are generally made to make people laugh and so is more comical.</p>
<p><strong>Definition and Term:</strong><br>
Anime: English dictionaries define the word as ‘Japanese style of motion picture animation’.<br>
Cartoon: was used as a model or study for a painting but is now associated with caricatures for humor and satire.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.diffen.com/difference/Anime_vs_Cartoon">Reference</a></p>
',77,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 22:48:55',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:48:55','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(74,2,NULL,69,13,NULL,'<p>We all know Anime is "Japanese-style cartoons", and this often makes people say they are both cartoons. Yes they are, but this doesn''t mean <em>there aren''t differences</em>. Substantial differences. </p>
<p>First of all, the <strong>audience</strong>. The main <em>objective</em> difference is that Anime are not cartoons for kids, usually. </p>
<p>Some Anime get censored when dubbed in foreign countries and they are rendered as quite childish (and this is sometimes really annoying), while the original holds some adult references, scenes containing violence and so on. While this is not true for all Anime, as some are really aimed to children, some of them need a mature audience. </p>
<p>Also, the <strong>characters</strong> are treated quite differently. There is more growth in Anime characters as it develops for a whole series. For example, <em>Zabuza</em> in Naruto ends up being quite a likeable character because you go beyond him simply being an antagonist. </p>
<p>Both Anime and cartoons treat <strong>themes</strong> like <em>life, death, religion, love, betrayal, ethics, etc</em>. But cartoons really treat such matters quite differently. Just think about Disney-style cartoons: do they share anything with Anime in terms of <em>how</em> they treat these topics?</p>
',15,NULL,15,NULL,'2012-12-19 13:23:03','2012-12-19 13:23:03',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:49:07','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(75,2,NULL,69,14,NULL,'<p>This is a pretty difficult question, but I may have some tips.</p>
<p>While <em>cartoons</em> are meant to be watched by <em>kids</em>, anime is meant to be watched by <em>all ages</em>: there is a series for everyone, for every theme, for every age. From little kids, like Doraemon, for young kids like Pokemon, to teenagers like shonen series or teen-shojos, to more adult like seinens or even hentai. Everyone can enjoy something.</p>
',31,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 22:49:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 22:49:10','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(76,1,3052,NULL,13,5829,'<p>At his current state, how could Madara possibly be defeated?</p>
<p>Any physical attack/Taijutsu would be easily deflected by either: </p>
<ul>
<li>The Susano''o </li>
<li>The Gunbai (war fan, which proved to easily negate a Bijuudama) </li>
<li>Shinra Tensei (which wasn''t seen yet, but we have to assume he''s capable of it).</li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> And I''m not even starting to talk about the Rikudo mode.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Any non-physical attack would be easily absorbed by the Preta Rinnegan path. There aren''t <s>m</s>any ultra-powerful genjutsu ninja who can hope to trap him in a genjutsu for more than 2 seconds. And in the offshoot that something does hurt him, he''d just regenerate. He''s a zombie.</p>
<hr>
<p>What weakness does Madara have that could be exploited to harm him? They''d have to damage him badly to hope for a seal.</p>
',27,NULL,1398,NULL,'2014-10-30 13:53:26','2016-12-04 07:31:29',NULL,NULL,'What are Madara Uchiha''s weaknesses?','<naruto>',5,24,0,'2012-12-11 22:51:50','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(77,1,NULL,NULL,20,35069,'<p><em>Detective Conan</em> 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.</p>
<p>Yet, logically, time in-universe <em>must</em> have passed, and Shinichi''s continued absence should be more notable than it is if he''s been gone for more than a year.</p>
<p>How much time has passed, currently, in the <em>Meitantei Conan</em> universe?</p>
',NULL,'user74',93,NULL,'2012-12-28 08:47:28','2015-01-07 01:11:22',NULL,NULL,'How much time has passed in-universe in Detective Conan?','<detective-conan>',6,4,0,'2012-12-11 22:52:04','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(79,5,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'<p>This tag indicates that the question is specifically on the anime of a series.</p>
<p>Only use this tag when there is also a manga or movie(s) of the series and it really matters that the question of about the anime only.</p>
',51,NULL,49,NULL,'2012-12-12 15:30:40','2012-12-12 15:30:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:00:31','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(80,4,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'This tag indicates that the question is specific to the anime version of a series.',51,NULL,107,NULL,'2012-12-12 19:24:27','2012-12-12 19:24:27',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:00:31','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(81,2,NULL,69,133,NULL,'<p>No matter how you look at it, an anime is a cartoon. The main difference is that an anime is considered a Japanese style of cartoons in the West.</p>
<p>Many English-language dictionaries <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anime">define</a> anime as "a Japanese style of motion-picture animation" or as "a style of animation developed in Japan."</p>
<p>However, in Japan, the term "anime" does not specify an animation''s nation of origin or style. Instead, it serves as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world (both foreign and domestic). The word "anime" is loan word referring to "animation" or "cartoons," adapted from the English word "animation." </p>
<p>Taking this from another perspective, in Japan, Disney movies are referred to as "Disney Anime", This refers to a certain style, not the genre as a whole.</p>
<p>The Japanese Wikipedia on "anime" <a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1#anime">specifically notes</a> that:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>アニメーションをアニメと略せる言語は日本語に限られるため、日本国外で「anime」という場合は日本製の表現様式のアニメに対して用いられる。日本国内では、製作国や作風に関わりなくアニメが使用される。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>While in Japanese, "animation" was abbreviated to "anime," Outside of Japan, the word has been used only to refer to media considered "Japanese animation." However in Japan, the country of origin and literary style (of the media) are not taken into account when applying "anime" to it.</p>
<p>Western cartoons and anime can both vary in drawing styles, based on the staff, budget, and character/set designs. Anime series are typically more detailed than your average western show as there is more of an abundance of technically skilled artists overseas than there are available in the West.</p>
<p>Both can reach different age regardless of their initial target audience (<em>Avatar: The Last Airbender</em>, <em>My Little Pony</em>, and <em>Adventure Time</em> are notable examples). </p>
<p>Typically western cartoons are more lighthearted when compared to Japanese anime. However, both can deal with more mature themes, in both a serious (like <em>Cyber 6</em>, <em>Mighty Max</em>, and <em>Dungeons and Dragons</em>) and humorous light (like <em>Futurama</em>, <em>South Park</em>, <em>The Simpsons</em>, and <em>Family Guy</em>). There are western cartoons for mature adults just like there are 18+ anime in Japan.</p>
<p>If you ask the average person in your country and one in Japan, both will consider them to be childish. The difference between anime and cartoons is very subjective. It typically comes down to what you like and how you like it. </p>
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(82,5,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'<p>This tag indicates that the question is specifically on the manga of a series.</p>
<p>Only use this tag when there is also an anime or movie(s) of the series and it really matters that the question is about the manga only.</p>
',51,NULL,49,NULL,'2012-12-12 19:25:01','2012-12-12 19:25:01',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:01:28','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(83,4,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'This tag indicates that the question is specific to the manga of a series that exists in both anime, manga or movie(s).',51,NULL,49,NULL,'2012-12-12 19:24:56','2012-12-12 19:24:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:01:28','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(84,2,NULL,76,4,NULL,'<p>They mentioned in the latest chapter that Madara is vulnerable to Taijutsu. Also, as grasshopper said, his overconfidence causes him to drop your guard when dealing with those he thinks are not able to harm him.</p>
',22,NULL,27,NULL,'2013-01-24 20:14:23','2013-01-24 20:14:23',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 23:02:41','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(85,1,NULL,NULL,13,3062,'<p>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? </p>
<p>More fully: would transplanting work on <em>any</em> bloodline trait power? If someone had a bloodline trait that worked on arms, could they just transplant their arm onto another person and then there would be two people with that technique?</p>
',NULL,'user74',NULL,NULL,NULL,'2015-05-12 13:27:22',NULL,NULL,'How is it that a Sharingan can work when it''s been transplanted?','<naruto>',4,1,0,'2012-12-11 23:07:22','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(86,1,NULL,NULL,12,2705,'<p>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. </p>
<p>However, the handful of ninjas we have seen (e.g. The Third Hokage, as well as Tsunade and Jiraiya) who''ve lived past the usual lifespan seem to be of very advanced age.</p>
<p>Do ninjas have a longer natural lifespan that is simply cut short by the nature of their work?</p>
',NULL,'user74',2516,NULL,'2017-12-17 08:59:38','2020-05-13 00:39:53',NULL,NULL,'Do ninjas have extended lifespans?','<naruto>',6,2,0,'2012-12-11 23:11:09','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(87,1,3209,NULL,25,13325,'<p>In Full Metal Alchemist, who is the character (or the concept really) of <strong>Truth</strong>? What does he symbolize? What is his purpose?</p>
<p>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 would hurt you the most. He must be tied with alchemy and alchemical knowledge, but <em>what</em> is he?</p>
',27,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2019-07-14 12:23:39',NULL,NULL,'Who the hell is Truth?','<fullmetal-alchemist-series>',2,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:11:12','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(88,2,NULL,85,3,NULL,'<p>I''m not sure about other bloodline jutsu, but the Sharingan''s power lies within the eye. So whoever controls a Sharingan eye gains its powers.</p>
<p>It may be possible to gain other bloodine jutsu, but to determine where the actual jutsu is located within their body or even the chakra system is still speculation. For now, we know that those jutsu that comes from eyes, Sharingan and Rinnegan are up for grabs, not sure about others though.</p>
',28,NULL,11083,NULL,'2015-05-12 12:47:11','2015-05-12 12:47:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 23:12:05','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(89,2,NULL,77,10,NULL,'<p>Technically the story plays out in real time, but realistically it is at the whim of the author.</p>
<p>Assuming the cases appear in chronological order. You''ll notice that none of the characters ever age or even graduate. There are many discrepancies the Eisuke/Kir Arc alone has some serious and problematic time discrepancies. It starts with the Nail and Snake Arc which took place a week or so after New Years and then continues to some cases later in the Clash of Red and Black arc which climaxing in a <em>certain</em> person''s death. Eisuke vanished around 18th to 19th of December... so chronologically speaking a year should have passed... but did it? Ask Gosho Aoyama.</p>
',63,NULL,63,NULL,'2012-12-12 04:55:04','2012-12-12 04:55:04',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 23:12:47','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(90,1,NULL,NULL,4,1077,'<p>At the end of the anime <em>Aim for the Top! Gunbuster</em>, Takaya Noriko and Amano Kazumi must travel at sub-FTL speeds (that is, at speeds slower than faster-than-light) to reach from the epicenter of battle to Earth. </p>
<p>What is the ratio of their time dilation? That is, how long has it been for Noriko and Kazumi versus how long has it been on Earth?</p>
',NULL,'user74',NULL,NULL,NULL,'2013-01-11 00:20:34',NULL,NULL,'What is the time dilation ratio that Noriko and Kazumi experience?','<gunbuster>',1,1,0,'2012-12-11 23:13:59','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(91,2,NULL,85,6,NULL,'<p>Let''s disregard the fact that eyes in Naruto are considered less difficult to work with than PnP displays. (Rin did it in a cave, without any medical supplies, in a couple of seconds, and it just <em>worked</em>)</p>
<p>Your eyes contain your DNA, so our (the Uchiha) eyes contain the already awakened Sharingan, it''s written into the DNA.</p>
<p>It also has the genetic information allowing you to activate the techniques the eye holds (including Mangekyo).</p>
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(92,2,NULL,85,3,NULL,'<p>The Sharingan being transplanted will work, as you''ve noticed with Kakashi. However it won''t be as effective.</p>
<p>Sharingan original users, the Uchiha clan, can use the techniques with ease, but Kakashi needs to rest more often. This is due to the fact that since he''s not an Uchiha member, these techniques will use up his chakra much faster.</p>
<p>Kakashi has it all covered, except in battles, because he cannot deactivate it and it would, like I said above, consume his chakra in vain.</p>
<p>He''s not the only one that does a transplant. Also,</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> Danzo, Tobi transplants the Rinnegan and steals it and Sasuke receives new eyes.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I suspect the same would happen for other transplants but I have no examples off the top of my head. </p>
',15,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:15:42',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,13,0,'2012-12-11 23:15:42','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(93,1,NULL,NULL,7,3085,'<p><em>Gunbuster</em> is one of my favorite series, and I remember learning of a sequel series called <em>Diebuster</em>, or <em>Gunbuster 2</em>. </p>
<p>What is the relationship between the two shows? Does <em>Diebuster</em>''s story relate to <em>Gunbuster</em>''s in some way? Do any characters cross over both shows? Does <em>Diebuster</em> refer to the events of <em>Gunbuster</em> in any way?</p>
',NULL,'user74',16253,NULL,'2015-09-08 02:11:25','2015-09-08 11:37:40',NULL,NULL,'What is the relationship between the Gunbuster and Diebuster series?','<gunbuster><diebuster>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:18:46','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(94,2,NULL,87,9,NULL,'<p>He is you and he is the Universe. He is everything. </p>
<p>When the Elric brothers train in the island, they realize the connection between the ''one'' and the ''all''. They understand that everything is connected. I think that what they understand is <strong>Truth</strong> itself. They understand something that is in them and around them. </p>
<p>So basically, I don''t think that <strong>Truth</strong> is a God (at least in the usual sense), but rather a sort of <em>law</em> that runs everything. It is in you and everywhere around you. However, it materializes itself as a humanoid form in your subconscious or whatever place that is where the gates are.</p>
',49,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:21:08',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6,0,'2012-12-11 23:21:08','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(95,1,NULL,NULL,12,20576,'<p>In <em>Hikaru no Go</em>, 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....</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> Sai ends up disappearing and, from then on, Hikaru must train and succeed on his own.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>What happens to Sai? Why is he no longer present for the rest of the series?</p>
',NULL,'user74',NULL,NULL,NULL,'2017-07-05 02:41:21',NULL,NULL,'What happens to Sai?','<hikaru-no-go>',3,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:22:17','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(96,2,NULL,93,3,NULL,'<p>Gunbuster was originally released as a six episode OVA in 1988. It''s sequel, Diebuster, was also originally released as a six episode OVA 18 years later. Typically sequels are released around the time of the original so it''s fresh in the minds of people. Without giving too much away the stories are somewhat but not directly connected, since Diebuster happens ~12,000 years after Gunbuster.</p>
<p>To take care of the time gap issue with Gunbuster, both series have been cut into two movies and presented as a double-feature. The references to each other are subtle.</p>
<p>For an example if you didn''t watch Gunbuster: </p>
<ul>
<li><p>You wouldn''t know that Nono appears in Gunbuster under a different name</p></li>
<li><p>The Diebuster ending only makes sense if you saw the ending of Gunbuster (takes place 12,000 years earlier)</p></li>
<li><p>You wouldn''t understand the Solar System Defence System and why it was attacking</p></li>
<li><p>You wouldn''t understand why the drive was removed from Dix-Neuf</p></li>
</ul>
',63,NULL,63,NULL,'2015-09-08 11:37:40','2015-09-08 11:37:40',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,5,0,'2012-12-11 23:24:56','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(97,2,NULL,86,6,NULL,'<p>As far as I know they all had lifespans that you''d judge as normal. </p>
<ul>
<li>The Third Hokage, Sarutobi, was let''s say around 30 when he was training Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya. He died at 68-69 years old, that''s a reasonable lifespan. </li>
<li>Tsunade uses a special Jutsu that preserves her in a younger state, but she is as old as Jiraya. </li>
</ul>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> Jiraya died younger than Sarutobi, around 54. His hair is not a proof of his age, since it was white even when he was a kid. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>On Tobi/Madara I won''t say anything, since it''s a yet-to-be-fully-revealed character and wrong information might be given at this point.</p>
',15,NULL,15,NULL,'2012-12-13 07:20:49','2012-12-13 07:20:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:26:33','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(98,2,NULL,86,10,NULL,'<p>Not really, no.</p>
<p>The oldest (probably) Shinobi alive was Madara Uchiha, and even that because he awakened the Rinnegan, summoned the Gedo Mazo, and leeched on it for life-force.</p>
<p>Without it, he would probably have died at 80-90, which is a reasonable lifespan.</p>
',27,NULL,27,NULL,'2013-01-15 10:04:45','2013-01-15 10:04:45',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:28:33','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(99,1,679,NULL,16,1885,'<p>The <em>henshin</em> (or, transformation) sequences in <em>Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon</em> are legendary for being <em>awesome</em>, but do we ever see them change back into their civilian identities? </p>
<p>I''m requesting either video links, screencaptures, or panels from the manga for this one, because I''d like to see the scenes myself! Examples from <em>both</em> the anime and the manga would be appreciated.</p>
',NULL,'user74',28,NULL,'2012-12-12 12:49:21','2018-03-13 09:02:43',NULL,NULL,'Do we ever see the Senshi de-transform?','<sailor-moon>',5,2,0,'2012-12-11 23:32:16','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(100,1,711,NULL,7,1785,'<p>For those who don''t know, Aoi Bungaku is an adaptation of 6 classic Japanese novels, namely No Longer Human; Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita; Kokoro; Run, Melos!; The Spider''s Thread, and Hell Screen.</p>
<p>Of these, I''ve watched all of them, but I''ve only read No Longer Human. I''m interested in reading the original novels, but only if there are significant differences in terms of plot. Are there any major omissions or changes in the anime that would merit reading the novels?</p>
<p>The ending of No Longer Human has at least one such difference:</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> In the ending of the anime Yozo commits suicide. In the end of the book he gets sent to an asylum and then released to an isolated place.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Do the other works have similar differences (preferably with as few spoilers as possible, though some spoilers are inevitable)?</p>
',24,NULL,24,NULL,'2012-12-12 20:58:57','2012-12-20 09:26:43',NULL,NULL,'How accurately did Aoi Bungaku follow the original novels?','<aoi-bungaku>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:32:16','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(101,2,NULL,69,25,NULL,'<p>The difference is only subjective, depending on yours and your peers'' perceptions. Keep in mind that MOST of the anime that is exported from Japan is actually aimed at children. (defining ''children'' as extending through the teenage years)</p>
<blockquote>
<p>When they see me watching anime, or they hear about it somehow, they say that I''m watching a cartoon and hence I''m being childish.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Walt Disney didn''t think <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_%28film%29">Fantasia</a> was for children either. Having watched the film several times, I''m inclined to agree. The point is that although they have tended in that direction (with a few notable exceptions) in the western world, there is no particular reason to limit cartoon themes to kids.</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Sometimes, they even display sarcastic attitudes, so that giving a serious long explanation wouldn''t be possible.</strong> What are the effective ways to explain that anime is different from cartoons in these kind of situations? Are there any clever sentences that will make an impact on people who don''t know about anime?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I realize you only included this for context... but if someone is being sarcastic, it''s not as if any real answer is applicable. This section of the question is also probably offtopic.</p>
<hr>
<p>The easiest method of convincing someone would probably be making them sit through a showing of Grave of the Fireflies... although that''s not particularly quick or clever.</p>
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(102,1,NULL,NULL,8,8263,'<p>At the start of the <em>Bleach</em> manga, Rukia stabs Ichigo in the heart with her <em>zanpakuto</em> in order to give him her shinigami powers, which allows him to protect his family from the Hollows.</p>
<p>After that, Ichigo obtains a sealed zanpakuto that he uses (alongside Rukia in a <em>gigai</em>) to fight Hollows around Karakura. </p>
<p>Later, Rukia returns to Seireitei and regains her shinigami powers, which robs Ichigo of his.</p>
<p>This implies that Ichigo had <em>borrowed</em> his powers from Rukia for the run of the Karakura Arc. This is further supported when Ichigo gains his own zanpakuto, Zangetsu, and his sword is unsealed rather than remaining in its more benign state.</p>
<p>Because Ichigo is borrowing Rukia''s spirit powers, and because Zangetsu''s form appears to be more volatile and less prone to remaining sealed, <strong>is the first zanpakuto that Ichigo carries Rukia''s zanpakuto <em>Sode no Shiraiyuki</em></strong>?</p>
',NULL,'user74',1587,NULL,'2017-12-13 03:37:41','2019-06-12 10:22:19',NULL,NULL,'Did Ichigo originally have Sode no Shiraiyuki?','<bleach>',4,4,0,'2012-12-11 23:38:15','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(103,1,NULL,NULL,10,5392,'<p>It is said in some sites (including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Gam%C5%8D" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>) that based on some cross-references the Bakuman and Death Note, the author, Tsugumi Ohba, is actually a pen name, and his real name is Hiroshi Gamo, another 50-year-old mangaka that was some kind of one-hit-wonder in the 90''s.</p>
<p>I couldn''t find any reliable source for verifying this, does someone know if this is true from some source (interviews, press...)?</p>
',31,NULL,1587,NULL,'2014-12-18 21:55:23','2014-12-18 21:55:23',NULL,NULL,'Is there any reliable source that explains the Tsugumi Ohba-Hiroshi Gamo pen name?','<mangaka><death-note><bakuman>',1,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:38:42','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(104,2,NULL,95,3,NULL,'<p>From what I understood, Sai had fulfilled his role in the world. He had trained someone with passion to continue his work alone, without his guidance. The path to the "Divine Move" is now cleared, and he''s no longer needed.</p>
<p>His job was done.</p>
',27,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:39:07',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 23:39:07','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(105,1,106,NULL,11,5896,'<p>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).</p>
<p>But, how does it exactly work.
Can this amount of required materials be calculated by the alchemist? If so, how? Are there some sort of lookup-tables?</p>
<p>Or does one need to guess and provides something of more value to be on the safe side? If so, can one become a more skilled alchemist by experience of successful guesses?</p>
<p>Also, different alchemists might have different specialized skills. How does that work? For the guessing part, I can imagine that one have a preference for certain kinds of alchemy and thus gain experience with a specialized skill.</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/106/51">Madara Uchiha</a>''s answer suggests that there are always materials required. I was also wondering about the situation where this is not the case and the alchemist was successful none the less.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> In the end Edward trades his alchemy skill in exchange for returning Alphonse''s body to him.</p>
</blockquote>
',51,NULL,-1,NULL,'2020-06-17 09:17:53','2013-06-19 21:57:22',NULL,NULL,'How does the equivalent exchange of alchemy work?','<fullmetal-alchemist-series>',2,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:39:22','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(106,2,NULL,105,11,NULL,'<p>Alchemy has three stages: <em>Understanding</em>, <em>Break down</em>, <em>Rebuild</em>.</p>
<p>Different alchemists have different specializations because of the <em>Understanding</em> part, learning chemistry in general isn''t easy, and digging into a specific subject (For instance, the study of the atmosphere and oxygen in Roy Mustang''s case), is even harder, hence specialization.</p>
<p>Matter of "equal value" means of equal "type" (Mineral to mineral, organism to organism, you can''t turn stone into a flower), and of equal <strong>Mass</strong>.</p>
<p>This works well in accordance to the physical laws of matter and energy conservation. You cannot make matter <em>disappear</em>, nor you can make it <em>appear out of nothing</em>. You can''t input more matter to be on the safe side, that matter won''t be used for the alchemic transmutation (at best), or result in a rebound (at worse).</p>
',27,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:44:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,12,0,'2012-12-11 23:44:56','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(107,2,NULL,105,1,NULL,'<p>That''s why alchemists study so long, and National Alchemist even more. There are lots of books explaining how to do It properly, how to calculate the amounts, the type of materials, the decomjposition of things and so on.</p>
<p>They aim to use exactly what they need, not more, not less, so they work to fine-tune, to <em>understand</em> how things are made, how things work, and then replicate them as they wish.</p>
',31,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:45:46',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:45:46','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(108,2,NULL,90,2,NULL,'<p>The center of the galaxy is about 8,000 parsecs away from Earth. The Gunbuster was heavily damaged while completing its mission, but was able to escape the black hole. However, they had to have spent at least 33 days at sub-light speed trying to outrun the blast while also trying to long distance warp back to Earth after finding suitable ethereal space for warp.</p>
<p>So 12,000 Earth years have passed. For Noriko and Kazumi only 33 days and a few hours had passed.</p>
',63,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:48:56',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-11 23:48:56','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(109,2,NULL,69,18,NULL,'<p>This question is really usual, especially when you are an anime fan. In my situation, I don''t want ''anime'' to be called ''cartoons'' because they are so different for me. The following are the differences I think they have: </p>
<ul>
<li><p>Anime targets a vast audience, from kids to adults, while cartoons<br>
mainly targets kids, with the exception of course of adults who
likes to watch cartoons.</p></li>
<li><p>Anime tackles themes for kids, teens and adults and have stories that
have depth, while cartoons tackles more themes that are for
kids.</p></li>
<li><p>Anime came from Japanese productions, and cartoons came from US
productions (or anywhere except Japan).</p></li>
<li><p>You can really tell if what you are watching is an anime or a
cartoons by it''s visual graphics (if you''re an anime fan then, you''ll
know what I mean). You can notice that the characters from one
cartoon show is very different from how cartoon characters in another
cartoon show looks like. However in anime, you can notice some
similarities on how they look like.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I think the best way for you to explain is to let them watch a very good anime and have them watch some cartoons, then tell them, "Saw the difference?". Or just let them think what they want. I experienced what you experience a lot from my parents but I just let them say what they want or think what they think. Respectfully ignore them. Just make sure that you don''t disrespect them as you try to defend anime and that watching anime doesn''t affect your attitude negatively. </p>
',88,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-11 23:52:29',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-11 23:52:29','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(110,2,NULL,102,1,NULL,'<p>No.</p>
<p>When Ichigo was stabbed again (Again, by Rukia) to give him his Shinigami powers after he lost them against Ginjo, he regained his own sword.</p>
<p>That makes it rather hard to believe that he originally had her Zanpakuto.</p>
',27,NULL,23700,NULL,'2016-04-26 15:16:24','2016-04-26 15:16:24',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-11 23:57:05','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(111,2,NULL,103,6,NULL,'<p>These are still just rumors and speculation.</p>
<p>The most notable are in Death Note and Bakuman.</p>
<p>In Death Note, the seminar Light goes to is called "Gamo Seminar":</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y5JXV.jpg" alt="Exhibit One"></p>
<p>In Bakuman, there is reference to a series called Super Hero Legend. Not only is the concept similar, but even the drawings of this are very clear references to the art style of Hiroshi Gamo''s 1993 work Tottemo! Luckyman.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JtqBb.jpg" alt="Exhibit Two"> </p>
',63,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-12 00:00:51',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,2,0,'2012-12-12 00:00:51','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(112,1,3420,NULL,8,313,'<p>Why did Kingdom Hearts manga series release new volumes so far apart from each other?</p>
<p>The game has been out for a long time, so the plot is pretty much predictable.</p>
<p>Plus, why have they stopped KH2 in the middle, and begin with KH358/2?</p>
',85,NULL,28,NULL,'2012-12-12 20:22:58','2013-04-18 03:28:13',NULL,NULL,'Why weren''t Kingdom Heart volumes released regularly?','<kingdom-hearts>',1,3,0,'2012-12-12 00:02:55','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(113,5,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'',-1,NULL,-1,NULL,'2012-12-12 00:13:11','2012-12-12 00:13:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 00:13:11','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(114,4,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,'',-1,NULL,-1,NULL,'2012-12-12 00:13:11','2012-12-12 00:13:11',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 00:13:11','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(116,1,2438,NULL,50,223748,'<p>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 immortality because of his frequent usage of his Geass. </p>
<p>Lelouch''s Geass first leveled-up the episode when he accidentally ordered his sister Euphemia to kill all Elevens. Then, his father King Charles was beaten by him and I''m thinking that King Charles'' immortality was transferred to him. </p>
<p>If that person was really Lelouch, then, has he already gained immortality by that time? </p>
',88,NULL,107,NULL,'2012-12-13 05:22:39','2018-07-24 17:45:54',NULL,NULL,'Was Lelouch the person driving the cart in the last scene of Code Geass R2?','<code-geass>',4,9,0,'2012-12-12 00:22:34','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(117,1,135,NULL,34,4512,'<p>As a follow up, but another subject, of my <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/105/how-does-the-equivalent-exchange-of-alchemy-work">question about equivalent exchange part of the alchemy laws</a>.</p>
<p>Why do (most) alchemists require a transmutation circle? Does any circle suffice or does an alchemist require a specific type for each (type of) job? At least the size seems to matter...</p>
',51,NULL,-1,NULL,'2017-04-13 12:54:49','2018-03-16 08:03:02',NULL,NULL,'Why does an alchemist need a transmutation circle?','<fullmetal-alchemist-series>',4,0,0,'2012-12-12 00:26:39','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(118,1,6726,NULL,6,1580,'<p>When watching the Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) anime it seemed like there was a distinctly different art style for the final episode (#51). Not remarkably different, but noticeable enough that it made me wonder if something had changed for the last episode...different direction, artists, etc.</p>
<p>Has anyone noticed this? Was anything ever said about the production of the series that indicated that something happened near the end that could have caused some kind of shake up?</p>
',36,NULL,191,NULL,'2015-06-11 19:06:23','2015-06-11 19:06:23',NULL,NULL,'Did something change for the final episode of Hana Yori Dango?','<boys-over-flowers>',1,3,0,'2012-12-12 00:45:57','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(119,2,NULL,117,9,NULL,'<p>Those circles are, in fact, like "spells", or more accurately "mathematical formulas", so in order to make what they want, they have to write the correct formula.</p>
<p>Those alchemists who don''t do that, just a few, can bypass that formulas because they have them "inside", but that''s very rare, and as far as I know, wasn''t explained in the series.</p>
',31,NULL,11083,NULL,'2015-12-14 06:52:53','2015-12-14 06:52:53',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 00:51:25','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(120,2,NULL,102,8,NULL,'<p>Ichigo doesn''t have Sode no Shiraiyuki originally. He loses his powers originally because Byakuya severs his soul chain, which detaches him from being able to touch his powers. He regains the powers because of training with Urahara that also causes him to become </p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p>part Hollow.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>As quoted from bleach.wiki.com:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[Urahara] explains that Byakuya destroyed the source of his power, leaving him without any Shinigami powers and that he must restore these in order to fight the Shinigami. He explains about Reiryoku, saying that the more one''s reiryoku rises, the sharper the movements of their spiritual body becomes. He says that if Ichigo can manage to move even better with his spiritual body than he can with his mortal body, then we will have made a complete recovery of his reiryoku. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>More importantly, however, his unsealed zanpakuto is the same both before and after his fight with Renji/Byakuya. To have had Sode no Shiraiyuki previously, he would have needed to have an entirely different sword, which he didn''t.</p>
<p>These aren''t exactly manga scans, but here are pictures of the sword before and after Ichigo regains his powers:</p>
<p><strong>Before:</strong></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pZOMU.png" alt="before"></p>
<p><strong>After:</strong></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FGDAX.jpg" alt="after"></p>
',93,NULL,4,NULL,'2012-12-12 14:54:10','2012-12-12 14:54:10',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,1,0,'2012-12-12 01:12:08','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(121,1,NULL,NULL,21,40451,'<p>Why does Himura always end almost every sentence with gozaru in this show? Is this normal for people in that time period?</p>
',37,NULL,24,NULL,'2012-12-14 19:02:44','2016-01-13 04:54:19',NULL,NULL,'Why does Himura Kenshin say ~ござる (~gozaru) at end of every sentence?','<rurouni-kenshin><japanese-language>',2,4,0,'2012-12-12 01:23:03','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(122,1,133,NULL,18,3064,'<p>The show, <em>Sword Art Online</em> has 2 Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games in it, <em>Sword Art Online</em> (SAO) and <em>Alfheim Online</em> (AFO). What are the player-vs-player rules in these 2 games? Sometimes the rules seem to either make no sense (being able to attack someone in a home town but not be attacked back) or seem contradictory (requiring a mutual duel sometimes and sometimes not). </p>
<p>Also, I realize the rules from the 2 in-anime games are probably different. Where SAO seems to have free PvP in non-safezones, AFO requires duels (but only sometimes?).</p>
<p>Do the light novels go into any details about this?</p>
',91,NULL,247,NULL,'2013-09-02 17:59:12','2013-09-02 17:59:12',NULL,NULL,'What are the PVP rules in the Sword Art Online MMORPGs?','<sword-art-online>',2,0,0,'2012-12-12 01:32:26','CC BY-SA 3.0');
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(123,2,NULL,121,12,NULL,'<p>~ござる is commonly known as a more polite way of ending a sentence, but it''s also common in historical dramas because it is a bit archaic-sounding. ANN has an entry on this in their lexicon <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=36" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. A more detailed analysis of Kenshin''s speech patterns can be found <a href="http://www.jessdoor.com/anime/seissha.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
<p>EDIT: It was pointed out in chat that there''s a closely related question with a really good answer on the <a href="https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/653/if-i-wanted-to-sound-more-like-a-samurai-what-words-and-phrases-should-i-learn/673#673">Japanese Stack Exchange</a>.</p>
',24,NULL,-1,NULL,'2017-04-13 12:43:49','2012-12-14 18:32:35',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 01:33:28','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(124,1,128,NULL,32,3735,'<p>In both the anime and manga Naruto often ends his sentences with either "dattebayo" or "believe it" in the English translations. </p>
<p>Why is this a thing?</p>
<p>Is it meant to further his character or provide a bit of remembrance of his character to the reader or viewer, or even other characters of the series?</p>
',26,NULL,25,NULL,'2012-12-12 01:58:41','2014-07-21 18:56:50',NULL,NULL,'Why does Naruto have a catch phrase?','<naruto>',1,1,0,'2012-12-12 01:39:02','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(125,2,NULL,117,6,NULL,'<p>According to the <a href="http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alchemy#Transmutation_Circle">Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki</a>, transmutation circles have a symbolic and functional aspect. The symbolic meaning is in the cycle of energy and life, where Equivalent Exchange ensures that objects are never created nor destroyed, but changed into different forms. My interpretation is that this embodiment of a principle of Alchemy helps the transmutation take place, but it is unnecessary if the alchemist has been to The Gate, thus embodying the principle of Alchemy by himself.</p>
<p>As for function, the transmutation circle harnesses the energy from the earth or substrate that the circle is drawn on (compare the energy sources of Amestris [SPOILER] and <a href="http://fma.wikia.com/wiki/Alkahestry">Xing</a>). the geometric symbols (triangles, squares and other polygons) represent various elements (water/earth/fire/air), and other symbol-like runes which direct and manipulate the energies in more specific ways. So in the functional aspect, the diagrams and symbols in the transmutation circle serve as an "energy manipulation chamber" to harness for specific alchemical uses.</p>
',97,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-12 01:39:49',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 01:39:49','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(127,2,NULL,77,0,NULL,'<p>I don''t believe a whole year has passed, there have been several plot holes in the midst of it though. A good example would be using Holidays as a way to track time. The "first" actual Valentine episode was actually TV-only (Episode 6), yet there is another Valentine case (Episode 266-268, Volume 33 files 3-6). The Holiday that comes after it is White Day, which takes place March 14th, one month after Valentine''s Day, and they make references to the past Valentine''s Day as an excuse to give back gifts to the women of the show. However, the episode/volume that takes place during White Day is episode 608-609 and volume 69 files 7-9. That''s over 500 episodes and 36 volumes for one month to pass in their time.</p>
',25,NULL,25,NULL,'2012-12-12 04:51:05','2012-12-12 04:51:05',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,7,0,'2012-12-12 01:48:16','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(128,2,NULL,124,41,NULL,'<p>In chapter 498 of the manga, it is mentioned that Naruto inherited this habit from his mother, Kushina, who would instead end her sentences with "(Da)-ttebane" ([だ]ってばね) when she got excited or angry. She also mentioned something along the lines of hoping that her son wouldn''t inherit this habit.</p>
',63,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-12 01:52:31',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,4,0,'2012-12-12 01:52:31','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(129,2,NULL,122,10,NULL,'<p>Based on only the Anime (especially episodes 5-7), the rules for Sword Art Online are this:</p>
<ul>
<li>Players normally can''t damage each other in inner-areas (such as towns). But they do suffer from knock-back (as shown in episode 11 when Asuna attacks one of the Liberation Front members).</li>
<li>The only way for players to damage each other in inner-areas is to have a duel.</li>
<li>It is possible to die in an inner-area duel. (It''s the only way to die in an inner-area.)</li>
<li>Both players must consent to a duel. But "consent" is only getting the player to push a button.</li>
</ul>
<p>What to get from this:</p>
<ul>
<li>If a player is asleep, you can pickup the player''s hand and push the button for them, thereby initiating a duel. Since the sleeping player is unprepared, you can kill the person. Hence a "sleep-PK" in an inner-area. (episode 5)</li>
<li>The entire arc of inner-area PKs were actually fake PKs using the "durability" of the clothing.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<p>In Alfheim Online, the details are less clear:</p>
<ul>
<li>In hometowns, natives can attack outsiders, but outsiders can''t attack natives.</li>
<li>There isn''t much about duels. (At least I don''t recall seeing anything about it.)</li>
</ul>
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(131,2,NULL,102,4,NULL,'<p>No. When Ichigo was stabbed, the only thing transferred over was Rukia''s Spirit Energy. She lost the ability to call forth her sword and to use Kido effectively, both of which have some bearing on Spirit Energy. However, Ichigo didn''t pick up any of her abilities.</p>
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(132,1,134,NULL,7,75438,'<p>At the end of <em>Fate/Zero</em>, why did the Holy Grail materialize for Kiritsugu (Episode 24, 23:30) when Saber, Matou Kariya, Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh were still alive? </p>
<p>Kirei should still have been alive because he was merely unconscious and watching Kiritsugu''s visions within the Grail. According to what Kirei explained to Gilgamesh in order to "plead for his life" (Episode 17, 23:30), all seven servants must be "sacrificed" before the Grail can be activated.</p>
',97,NULL,1587,NULL,'2017-12-13 03:35:03','2017-12-13 03:35:03',NULL,NULL,'What happened at the end of Fate/Zero?','<fate-zero>',3,1,0,'2012-12-12 02:01:37','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(133,2,NULL,122,19,NULL,'<p>Warning, there are spoilers in this answer if you haven''t watched SAO completely yet.</p>
<p>For the SAO arc, outside of towns, you''re constantly "flagged" for PvP. From the beginnings, when you''re getting explained how the players are divided:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Inside the city, or the places mostly referred to as «Safe Areas», there was protection implemented by the system and players couldn''t hurt each other. But it wasn''t like that outside. The stragglers made teams with other stragglers and ambushed other players —which was in many ways much more profitable than hunting monsters— out on the fields or the labyrinth areas. </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Players that commit crimes are marked orange (i.e., their cursor turns orange). From when Kirito and Asuna encounter the troop from The Army in the forest:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>More importantly, whenever a player committed a crime, their cursor would turn orange and wouldn''t turn back to green for a long time.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Note that attacking an orange player doesn''t change your cursor to orange. From when Asuna steps in to stop Kuradeel from killing Kirito:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Kuradeel bounced back up as if he had springs and attempted to form an excuse with his nervous voice. But before he could finish, Asuna''s right hand flashed and the tip of her sword tore Kuradeel''s mouth. She didn''t become a criminal since her opponent already had an orange cursor.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Inside of towns, you have the town protection in place, which doesn''t allow open PvP, so many new players originally stayed in town to be safe. You can attack other people in towns, but it won''t do anything except for some special shiny effects and knockback.</p>
<p>If players engage in duels, there are several options:</p>
<ul>
<li>First Strike Mode - from the duel against Kuradeel:
<blockquote>
<p>I nodded in reply, then pressed Yes and chose the «First Strike Mode» from the options. This was a duel that could be won either by landing the first clean hit or by reducing the opponent''s HP to half.</li>
<li><p>Complete Decisive Mode - from the Inner Area PK incident:</p></p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>But unfortunately, there were still some loopholes around this rule. One of them is when the player''s sleeping. There are times when players, with their energy exhausted through long durations of battle, are basically unconscious when they go into a deep sleep, and unable to wake up even with some stimulations. With that opportunity, one could raise a request to duel in «Complete Decisive Mode» and moved the sleeping opponent''s finger to press on the OK button. All that was left was to literally make the opponent sleep like the dead.</p>
</blockquote></li>
</ul>
<p>The other options are not explained or mentioned as far as I can see.</p>
<p>For the ALO arc, there''s PvP against other fairy races in your native race''s (controlled) towns. From when Lyfa/Suguha shows Kirito around meeting Sigurd:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Somehow, a circle of onlookers had already surrounded them, drawn by the signs of trouble. If this was a formal duel, or if he were an actual Spriggan spy, then fine. But it would be dishonorable if Sigurd instigated a fight with a tourist like Kirito, who can''t even fight back in this area.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And in that same quote, it''s mentioned that a "formal duel" is possible, but that''s not further explained. Outside of towns, you can fight without restrictions. This can be seen by people just fighting about everywhere. Note that if a race''s lord is killed by another race, the other race will gain control over that lord''s territory. From when Lyfa explains why the Salamander want to stop the Sylphid-Cait Sith alliance:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>"Also, if they kill the Lord, they will get some amazing bonuses. They will unconditionally receive 30% of the lord''s funds stored in the mansion, and for ten days, the territory that the lord rules over would become occupied, then they are free to set taxes and take that money. That is a tremendous amount of money. The reason why Salamander became the largest force in the game was because in the past, they had set a trap for Sylph''s first Lord and killed him. Normally lords don''t venture into neutral territory. In the history of ALO, only one lord has ever been killed."</p>
</blockquote>
',20,NULL,20,NULL,'2013-01-29 10:00:32','2013-01-29 10:00:32',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,6,0,'2012-12-12 02:02:57','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(134,2,NULL,132,8,NULL,'<p>At some point in the Fate/Stay Night game, it''s revealed that the holy grail can be summoned without having sacrificed all of the necessary servants. The grail won''t be all-powerful, but it should still be plenty powerful for most wishes. Because the grail was activated while some of the servants were still alive, it was not at full power, hence the destruction (the only wish it is able to grant in its current corrupted form) is less than what it could be.</p>
<p>Spoilers for F/SN game:</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p>The fact that the grail wasn''t all-powerful and yet still caused so much destruction is why Kotomine sets in motion the events of the 5th grail war. By keeping Gilgamesh and beating the newly summoned servants, Kotomine would be able to see the grail at full power. In fact, six servants would be sufficient for any wish "within the limits of this world" (whatever that means), but Kotomine wants to know what would happen with all seven.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is also important for at least one F/SN route:</p>
<blockquote class="spoiler">
<p> On the UBW good end, the grail is summoned while both Saber and Archer are present. The fact that Archer is still alive is not known at the time, even to Gilgamesh. In this case, the grail was summoned into an impure vessel as well, because Gilgamesh believes that the more corrupt the vessel, the greater the destruction it can bring.</p>
</blockquote>
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(135,2,NULL,117,26,NULL,'<p>The transmutation circles contain the formulae and/or specific incantation needed to carry out a function. There is always some part of the human mind that is involved in a transmutation (otherwise, Mustang''s gloves would only be able to mess with the air in a very select pattern), but in general more complicated transmutations will require a more robust "hard formula". The "soft formula" comes from the mind of the alchemist. This is the part that actually shapes what should happen, while the "hard formula" is used to gather the required energy/ handle the heavy lifting. </p>
<p>On the subject of people who can transmute without circles, there are two different schools of thought.</p>
<p>The first follows the anime/manga rigidly, and interprets Izumi''s words literally. They see it as the ''reward'' for losing part of yourself when you looked beyond the gate. Looking beyond the gate exacts a toll from you, which is then used to "pay" for the privilege of seeing the base code of the universe. Knowing this base code, alchemists are able to use the "soft" formula to a greater extent, and do not require the assistance of a "hard" formula in order to transmute.</p>
<p>The second possible explaination is more of an unintended side effect. Remember how Barry the Chopper lost his body? Well, his soul (in the armor) was able to sense his body''s presence (and vice-versa). If one assumes the figure at the gate (which takes peoples'' body parts) is god (or at least, the source of alchemy), then him "wearing" an alchemists parts (pardon the term) is essentially giving that alchemist a very subtle, yet powerful connection on a mental level. The alchemists are able to use their missing parts to bridge the gap separating them from this god-like being, and thus transmute seemingly at will. </p>
<p>Alphonse, not having a physical body at all with which to form a bridge, is unable to skip the "hard formula" at first, but upon re-visiting the experience in his own mind, he forces himself to build this "bridge" and can transmute naturally from then on.</p>
',46,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'2012-12-12 02:26:26',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0,'2012-12-12 02:26:26','CC BY-SA 3.0'),
(136,2,NULL,132,6,NULL,'<p>It''s explained that the grail will materialize before it''s fully "filled", but it''s only complete once all 7 heroic spirits are dead. From the Novel when Kariya hands over Irisviel to Kirei:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“To be precise, it is this homunculus. If one or two more Servants are finished, then it will probably show its true form… I will prepare the ritual to receive the Grail as it descends. Until that time, let this woman also be temporarily under my protection.”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And later, while Kirei and Kiritsu duel:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Directly above the big prop warehouse where the two men were, Irisviel’s already-cold corpse was placed upon the raised stage of the music hall. [...]</p>
<p>After Archer’s victory, this vessel had finally absorbed the soul of the fourth Servant. [...]</p>
<p>The corpse of the beautiful homunculus was completely consumed by the heat in the blink of an eye, and was reduced to ashes. That was not all. The golden cup that had contacted the outside air charred the floor and the curtains, and roaring flames enveloped the completely empty stage.</p>
<p>On the stage where the fire was raging ever wilder, the golden cup floated in the air as if it was upheld by a pair of invisible hands. The ceremony of the descent of the Holy Grail, which the Three Noble Families of the Beginning had desired so much, had begun silently even without the presence of a priest</p>
</blockquote>
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(137,2,NULL,6,6,NULL,'<p>This is how I remember it:</p>
<p>Goku leveled up to SSJ3 on the other dimension and never really planned to reveal it because he didn''t want to show it on front of Vegeta. At this point he would have made up his mind if it comes to fighting Vegeta on the tournament he would resort to Mystic saiyan mode to deal with him.</p>
<p>Turns out Vegeta ends up dead and Goku in desperation to buy time for Trunks decides to show case SSJ3 to Buu and I believe it''s the difference between the dimensions; I mean, the time it takes to generate the same power in this dimension could be entirely different I presume and also on the aspect that Goku didn''t spend time on that mode, because he could have been practicing extensively on the Mystic mode for the tournament and so it took quite a toll on his energy levels when he uses it first time.</p>
<p>When he uses it on the second time with Kid Buu. He seems to have a grasp on the energy levels and fights for a longer time until the point he uses a Kamehameha way in desperation to finish off Kid Buu and also holding out so Vegeta can fight him causes him to suffer towards the end as well. Also the fight happens on the Kai''s planet which becomes another different dimension compared to earth also I think that might have aided him a lot because thats where Gohan reaches ascension trained by Supreme Kai.</p>
<p>I believe it''s the changes in the environment primarily taking a toll on Goku''s body. As for SSJ4 I haven''t seen Dragonball GT (primarily for the lack of Bruce Faulconer''s theme :P) but as from the images I think the tail helps the body to handle the power levels differently because I somehow synonymize that to a controlled transformed Mode. </p>
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(138,2,NULL,56,14,NULL,'<p>To my knowledge, it has been released <a href="http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E5%BA%97%E9%95%B7%C3%97%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88" rel="noreferrer">but in a theater</a> or the like and no one was allowed to record it in any way thus no one else has seen it.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>アニメ店長×東方プロジェクトとは、アニメ店長誕生10周年を記念して行われたコラボレーション企画である。</p>
<p>[...]</p>