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Are Den Den Mushis conscious?
In One Piece there are some snail-like creatures that
..have the ability to communicate with each other telepathically through
radio waves. The people in One Piece world take advantage of this
ability by attaching buttons and receivers to them.…
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Is there any equivalent to the "fujoshi"/"fudanshi" descriptors for yuri fans?
A woman who consumes and enjoys boys' love publications might describe herself as a fujoshi (腐女子), literally "rotten girl". There is an equivalent term for men: fudanshi (腐男子).
Does an equivalent term for men or women who enjoy yuri publications…
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Why do anime characters have official birthdays?
Why do anime characters have official birthdays? Why do they decide for the anime characters to have birthdays? Does this have a historical basis? And when exactly is a character's birthday decided? Is it when a character's physical appearance is…
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What was the first mecha anime/manga to feature combining to form a super robot?
Shows like Getter Robo or Zambot feature vehicles that (slightly transform) combine to form a giant super robot. What was the first anime or manga to use the combining tactic and was there an inspiration for this?
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Did Itachi Uchiha want to be Hokage when he was young?
Did Itachi Uchiha want to be Hokage when he was young?
My research:
Hiruzen said that Itachi reasoned like a Hokage at a very young age.
Itachi wanted a Hokage from Uchiha Clan.
*Itachi Uchiha, age four. After seeing what occurs on the…
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What is the 'thing' that is located under the Fairy Tail basement?
In Fairy Tail episode, when Master Makarov take Gildarts to appoint him as new Master, he show something to Gildarts, and I'm so interested in it. Anybody have information about that 'thing'?
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Is Blood-C set in the same world as Blood+?
I know that Blood-C was produced in-part by Studio Production I.G, the creators of Blood+, and it has a lot of similarities to Blood+, such as the appearance and name of the characters and the name of the manga/anime/film. Are they set in the same…
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Title of an anime with children quarantined in a city block?
This is all I can remember:
It's an anime series with some SF or future theme. The government has the ability to close off a very large city-block with walls that can move and destroy buildings. Behind these walls, they have defenses which can kill…
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Why is King Deviluke in his chibi form?
Why is King Deviluke in his chibi form when Lala, Zastin, Nana and Momo (his offsprings) are on their normal forms? I thought it was because he was on Deviluke planet, but even when he came to earth, he was still on his chibi form. Was it ever…
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What is this ninja anime from the late 70s early 80s?
I have seen this anime on TV as a child, dubbed in Arabic (so I couldn't tell you what the character names are). This was during the early 80s and I don't recall much of the detail.
The protagonist is a boy, always dressed in a red kimono and long…
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Are Hollows defeated by humans who are not Quincies considered as destroyed or "purified"?
If I remember correctly, Shinigami are "purifying" Hollows with Zanpakuto, cleansing souls and sending them to Soul Society (not counting cases when souls are going to Hell). And regarding Quincy, it was said that the main conflict between Quincies…
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In what year(s) does the Monogatari series take place?
Looking from the perspective of the recent movie (which occurs at or near the chronological beginning of the series):
Koyomi has what appears to be a slide-phone with a keyboard, and Hanekawa puts her "phone number and email address" into…
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How real were the dreams in Paprika?
I really loved Paprika, but I ended up sort of confused by it.
During the course of the film,
the dreams break through into reality.
My question is, was it just a mass hallucination, or was it real?
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How involved was Akira Toriyama in the production of Dragon Ball GT?
I always had this doubt about whether Dragon Ball GT was an official, canonical sequel of Dragon Ball Z or not. I know that Akira Toriyama helped in the development, but did he write any of it?
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Why does Zangetsu transform back into shikai mode when cutting Yhwach in half?
Why does Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakutō (Zangetsu) transform back into its original form (shikai mode) when cutting Yhwach in half in the latest chapters of the Bleach manga (chapter 684)? Is it because it is the Ichigo's final bankai?
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