Why didn't Boa hancocks attack convert luffy to stone? It didn't look like he used haki or something which would nullify the effect! Is there any possible explanation for it?

Near the end of Episode 7 (The Monotone of Falling Rain) of Michiko to Hatchin, Hatchin almost drowns. Before she passes out, she sees a (female?) figure above the water At the same time, Michiko is shown to be sulking in the hotel. The next scene shows Hatchin back in the hotel, next to a dru...

This question can seem to be vast, but actually it's not, it's unlike asking for the strongest anime character (that can not be answered due to the existence of unlimited variables). But asking about the smartest includes only the use of the brain as one major variable. There could be some other...

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 not a well known feature of his poems. Is this...

I've heard from varying sources that Roronoa's name is pronounced two different ways and I was wondering what is the correct way to say it. I have heard it pronounced 'Zoro' in the manga but my bilingual (Japanese and English) friend says that it is pronounced 'Zolo.' So what is the correct way t...

Guilty Crown appears to be available for free (streaming) on Funimation's website: http://www.funimation.com/shows/guilty-crown There is a column labeled "Watch Free", but when I click it for any episode it takes me to a page with a video asking me to buy and become a "Elite Video Subscriber". ...