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What is this strange flying fish creature?
At the end of the opening sequence of Outbreak Company, the main characters can be seen riding some sort of huge flying fish creature. I've watched 11 episodes so far, and I didn't catch any sights of anything remotely similar, or even a mention of…
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Why do Yuko's poems always end in 'Mogami River'?
Several times during the anime, Yūko Aioi ends her short haikus with 'Mogami River'.
I've read on the Wikipedia page for Mogami River that Matsuo Bashō used it in at least one of his poems, but I can't much written about it, so it seems to me to be…
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What race are the humans in Attack on Titan? What language do they speak?
The majority of characters in Attack on Titan have German names. Does this mean they are Europeans? We know Mikasa Ackerman is Oriental. Did the writers avoid describing her as Asian because in the universe they have created, Asia doesn't exist?…
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Why does Naegi always appear in the closing credits along with the dead characters?
In most closing credits sequences of Danganronpa, a picture of some characters in a classroom appears.
These pictures always feature Naegi, along with the characters that die along the show.
Closing credits for episodes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10…
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How did the Sage of the Six Paths obtain his Rinnegan?
It is shown that the Sage of the Six paths was the first to have the Rinnegan.
Now for an Uchiha these are the stages of their eyes:
Normal eyes
Sharingan (activated after facing life threatening situation)
Mangekyo Sharingan (activated after a…
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Do ninja clans have to keep relations only within the clan to ensure the inheritance of abilities?
Are there any references to arranged marriages or forbidden relationships in the history of clans being used to avoid the clan abilities from being lost?
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Why do Pop Team Epic episodes repeat with different voice actors?
When watching Pop Team Epic on Crunchyroll, each episode plays twice in a row. Both times the episode is nearly identical, only with the main characters voiced by male actors instead of female actors.
Why does each episode of Pop Team Epic play…
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Who from the staff is in charge of selecting the music for each scene?
I've been watching a lot of anime recently and realized whether the music fits a scene or not affects a lot in how much I like it, so... who's in charge of doing so?
Is it the Episode Director, the Series Director, the Sound Director or someone…
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What started the trend of 3-5 minute long episodes for anime series?
It seems there's a lot of these short (e.g. 3-5 minute long) anime series recently, specifically ones that air on TV (as opposed to ONA's). Shows like:
Fireball/Fireball Charming
Chii's Sweet Home
Encouragement of Climb
Recorder and…
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Why did Midoriya come last in the quirk assessment test when there were others worse than him?
In season 1 episode 3, Midoriya is said to be placed last when compared to all other 20 candidates. Although I agree with him losing to most, I fail to identify how he could lose to a few of the candidates like Hagakure (the invisible girl).
I mean,…
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Why all the "Re" in titles?
There have been quite a number of series whose English titles use peculiar forms of Re. I don't mean normal usages like Rebirth or Requiem. Here's some I chose from an alphabetical listing at MAL:
Re Boot
Re-Kan
Re: Cutie…
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What are the stats in DanMachi?
The following is a screenshot of Ais Wallenstein's stats taken from DanMachi Gaiden Sword Oratoria Ep. 2.
From top to bottom we get
Ais Wallenstein
Lv 5
Str 549 -> 555
Vit 540 -> 547
Dex 823 -> 825
Agi 821 -> 822
But what is the last stat (the one…
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Why is Gally's name localized as Alita?
Battle Angel Alita is known as Gunnm in Japan, and Alita as Gally.
Why was the title and name of the series changed when it was localized? What other changes did they make from the original Japanese version?
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Why is it hard to draw people running in animes?
Why is it so hard in many animes to draw people running?
I mean even if the whole anime drawing is good, somehow when someone is running it feels so awkward. Their body movements don't look realistic. Sometimes people seem to be leaping or…
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Why is the Tiger/German Suplex wrestling move so popular among anime culture?
I see a lot of fan art that depict this move (even though nothing of the sort happens from the show/series where the characters came from) and even in Nichijou we have the school principal giving a deer a tiger suplex:
Shuichi drops a suplex in…
Jon Lin
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