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Why do anime series change titles so often (nearly for every "season")?
I've always wondered this, but why do anime series titles change so often whenever it gets a new "season"?
I mean, I understand that the title stays the same for long running series, like Bleach or One Piece, but why do new "seasons" for one or two…
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Does Devil's Fruit power gained depend on how much of it is eaten?
Luffy accidentally ate the Gomu-Gomu (Rubber-Rubber) fruit, but was interrupted by Shanks after a few bites. It was too late and Luffy got the Devil's Fruit powers anyway. If he had instead eaten the whole of it, would he have got even more power…
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Are the moon and the sun alive?
In Soul Eater, the sun and the moon seem to have a face and sometimes laugh.
Are they alive or is it just their design?
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What is the motive behind the Titan Shifters' actions?
Okay, so I read a bit of the manga, and I know a good amount of spoilers. But why are most of the titan-shifters trying to destroy humanity? Eren and Ymir are good, right? Why do some titan-shifters want to destroy humanity, and what are Annie's,…
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Why does Ace's tattoo on his right arm say "ASCE"?
Why does Ace's right arm have "ASCE" written with the "S" crossed over?
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Does Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail) have something in common with Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)?
Hiro Mashima, the author of Fairy Tail, has a really similar drawing style to Eiichiro Oda, One Piece mangaka.
We know that some well known mangakas had previously worked as assistants to others (like Hiroyuki Takei and Eiichiro Oda himself, both…
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Do Japanese Student councils have actual power (punishing students, revoking clubs, etc)?
Several anime have an Absurdly Powerful Student Council (warning, TV Tropes link, don't get sucked in). In the most extreme versions, the student council is trying to take over the world.
Even in less extreme examples, the student…
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How did Homura get a bow as a weapon?
In the last episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica TV anime, Homura seems to have Madoka's bow. In earlier episodes, she only use guns and bombs, when and how did she get this weapon?
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Chakra nature of Tailed Beasts
As we all know that Kurama's chakra is of the healing nature type. This is known from many mentions about it in the wiki page of Naruto Uzumaki.
My question is, what is the nature type of the chakra of the other Tailed beasts?
Note: This is my…
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How did the birds come back to life when Envy arrived?
After Cornello had been eaten by Gluttony, the townspeople search for him but find a lot of dead birds. Envy arrives as Cornello and passes off a miracle and claims that the Cornello who had been "conning" everyone was sent by the devil while "he"…
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What are the different colors in anime production drawings for?
In a lot of production drawings for anime (and I've also seen them in plots), particularly of characters as opposed to backgrounds, the detailed sketches/drawings have lines in different colors. Is there a purpose for this other than maybe to…
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How did the Female Titan cut Eren's titan form?
After she killed the Levi squad, Eren transformed to fight the Female Titan. In Chapter 29, Hammer, it looked like Eren was having the upper hand, but then the Female Titan turned around, and with one horizontal motion, cut Eren's titan form's head…
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How did Homunculus come into being?
In FMA, the being that became Father, the one known originally as Homunculus or the Dwarf in the Flask, seemed to have been created by Van Hohenheim's master using some of Van Hohenheim's blood. Is the creation ever explained in any greater detail?
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Why does text in anime read horizontally?
It is my understanding that Japanese text is written top-to-bottom. I think the Japanese manga also follow this format:
That was a quick Google search so not even sure it is real.
However, watching Anime, I've noticed that the text seems to be…
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What DBZ fight lasted a whole season?
I've heard that Dragon Ball Z once stretched a fight (sometimes they say one punch) over most of a season.
Which season was it? What are the episode titles? How did they do it, were there flashbacks or cut-aways, or constant fighting?
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