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How many people have worn the straw hat, if only for a second?
How many people have worn Luffy's straw hat? Canon, confirmed, and on the head (I'm counting Robin even if she wore it atop of her other cowboy hat).
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How can I tell if an anime figure is a fake?
I've been warned lots of times to make sure figures aren't fake before buying them. Mostly conventions have strict policies about this with the allowed vendors - but occasionally I see people complaining about one stall selling fake merchandise.
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Which episodes of the Naruto anime are core plot and which are filler?
For both the original Naruto series and Shippuuden, which episodes should I watch if I want to avoid the filler? I'm only interested in core plot and character developments.
To make this question a bit more concrete: Which episodes are directly…
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Why did Kaneki's hair change color?
At the start of the series, Kaneki's hair is dark brown, except in the OP, where it we see an image of him with white hair. In episode 11, we see a final scene of Kaneki, his hair having turned white. This turns out to be a preview of things to…
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Why does Kirito end up in the forest when he first enters Alfheim?
In the Sword Art Online anime, we see Kirito enter Alfheim Online first in episode 16. Although he is supposed to enter the Spriggan base when he first arrives, he instead encounters something like a glitch and ends up in a forest. Is there any…
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What is the origin of mushrooms growing on a sad person's head?
I have seen in a number of series, when a person is sad, they have mushrooms growing out of their head. In Ouran High School Host Club, this happens a number of times to Tamaki when Haruhi rejects him. He often goes and sits in a corner.
The below…
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What MMOs influence Sword Art Online and Log Horizon?
I see that in SAO and LH, players can craft, buy houses, adhere to the holy trinity of MMO, etc. My first thought was that they might have WoW in Japan, but it doesn't seem to be as popular as it is in the U.S. There don't seem to be a lot of…
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Where is Yoruichi's Zanpakuto?
Since the beginning, we see Yoroichi does not wield a Zanpakuto, but isn't it strange? Isn't she a Shinigami and the Zanpakuto is so important for them?
It's true that she has her own fighting style, but like Soi Fon, she has the same fighting…
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Why does Mayoi get embarrassed about this tongue twister?
In Bakemonogatari, Mayoi says a tongue-twister that goes
「生ムミ、生モメ、生ママモ」
("namamumi, namamome, namamamamo") then gets embarrassed because they sound like another word. What's the reference they're making?
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Is Akira the only anime produced in 24fps?
I read an article recently that states:
"Akira" rewrote every rule for animation. It was filmed at 24 frames per second, in full Cinemascope aspect, using 312 colors in the palette (the richest palette for any hand-done animation ever).
Based on…
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Who was the first "trap character"?
A "trap character"(UrbanDictionary entry, may be NSFW) is a character who appears to be a girl until you get in close enough (plot-wise) to discover they are, in fact, a boy. The inverse trope exists as well; a "reverse trap" character is a girl who…
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Where did Gary get these badges from?
In Episode 63 of the Pokémon anime, it can be seen that Gary has ten badges, seven of them unknown.
The known badges are Boulder Badge (top left), the Cascade Badge (bottom left), and the Rainbow Badge (next to the boulder badge).
Where are the…
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Is the term Otaku derogatory?
I know the term is widely used in America as a term for someone who has a love and anime and all things related to it. So in the US it's a term of endearment.
However in Japan the term is known more or less to be used to describe a shut-in / loner.…
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Couldn't Misa have told Kira L's life span?
In the manga Death Note, when Misa meets L for the first time, she has the shinigami eyes, so she must be seeing L's lifespan at the moment. L dies a few volumes later, so couldn't Misa have alerted Kira that L was about to die, and it wasn't worth…
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Why are anime girls drawn without pubic hair?
Why are there no hair drawn down there or anywhere apart from FEMALE character's heads in anime?
I heard it was illegal from my friend. Were they making it up?
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