Dear god, it's not Hetalia is it?

Truth Of My Destiny?

Hikari no Firmento?

edited 21st Mar '12 7:34:34 PM by Dorkus

So did it start airing on the Summer 2010 season? Fall 2010? No. Yes.

Dear god, it's not Hetalia is it? No.

Truth Of My Destiny? No.

Hikari no Firmento? No.

Hint 2: A certain fictional guide may help.

I actually find this funny. For once a unique quality actually makes this harder rather than easier. _{Then again, it's easy to overlook.}

Round 448:

Hint: Wait, he was there? Wait... Why was he there?
Hint 2: A certain fictional guide may help.

The song:

• Is not "God knows".
• Is not "Main Theme".
• Is not "End Theme".
• Is not an OP.
  • Again, is not the OP.
  • Again, is not the OP.
• Is not "Key -Phase 1-".
• Is not "Key -Phase 2-".
• Is not "Missing You".
• Is not "Key -Phase 3-".
• Is not "Seikai wa Hitotsu! Janai".
• Is not "Honnou no Doubt".
• Is not "Walk no Yakusoku".
• Is not "Gekka Reijin".
• Is not "Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii".
• Is not "Truth Of My Destiny".
• Is not "Hikari no Firmento".

The anime:

• Is fantasy.
  • Is mystery.
  • Is not Slice of Life.
  • Is not drama.
  • Is not an action series.
  • Is not horror.
• Contains ghosts or youkai.
  • Contains ghosts.
    • But does not have the tag "ghosts" on AniDB.
    • Nor does it have the tag "spirits" on AniDB. *
      Just because there were ghosts doesn't mean they were that important.
  • Does not contain youkai IIRC.
• Is set in Japan.
  • Is not set in a fantasy world (of any culture).
• The main character is not male.
• Is set in a high school.*
  Note how I answered with: "Judging by their ages, yes."
• Does not have mikos (shrine maidens).
• Did not start airing before 2000.
  • Started airing after 2005.
  • Started airing on an even numbered year.
  • Did not start airing in 2006.
  • Did not start airing in 2008.
  • Started airing in 2010.
  • Did not start airing in the summer of 2010.
  • Started airing in the fall of 2010.
• Does not have aliens. *
  At least I don't recall any.
  • Nor Time travellers.
  • Has espers.
• Is an adaptation. *
  I swear what else could be left for this? *winds up getting another 4 questions on this*
  • But not of a manga.
  • But not of a video game or a visual novel.
  • But not of a light novel.
  • But not of a tabletop, board, or card game.
  • But not of a Japanese novel that isn't a light novel.
  • But not of a non-Japanese novel or comic.
  • But not of a song/music video.
  • But not of a piece of software which isn't a video game.
  • But not of a doujin work of any kind.
• Is a TV series.
• Has been officially released / distributed in the US.
  • But has not yet been distributed in the US via DVD or Blu-Ray.
• Has multiple ending themes.
• Was still airing at the end of 2010 in the sense that it was airing during December.
• Has 26 episodes or less.
  • Has 24 episodes or more.
  • Which means it does not have 14 episodes or less.
• Is not Hetalia.
• Does not have any OVAs.

The hint:

• Does not refer to a ghost.

Etc.:

• My definition of tabletop games does include card games. *
  I'm not sure how this helps...

edited 21st Mar '12 8:10:40 PM by Pokénatic

Is it the OP?

Is it the OP? ... *slaps Dorkus*

EDIT: Wow, 65 facts so far. I never thought I would ever rack up that many facts for a round.

edited 21st Mar '12 7:55:15 PM by Pokénatic

Does it have 24 episodes or more? 14 or less? Does it have any OVAs?

Does it have 24 episodes or more? 14 or less? Does it have any OV As? Yes. No. According to Wikipedia and MAL, no.

Is it 'Lovely Girls Anthem'?

edited 21st Mar '12 8:16:17 PM by shark33

Is it from Rita Et Machin?

Is it an adaption of history? A textbook? An adaption of an adaption of an adaption?

Does it have exactly 26 episodes? Is it within the top 1000 anime on MAL? Do you think this could last another 30 posts at this rate?

edited 21st Mar '12 8:51:00 PM by Zfish9

Is it the opening song of the anime?

Is the song the Opening Theme?

edited 21st Mar '12 9:11:12 PM by shark33

I'm pretty much stumped here. EDIT: Requesting a re-check of the hints list. Are they all confirmed to be accurate?

edited 21st Mar '12 10:09:37 PM by Pyrite

Yeah, same here. I've just been spewing out random questions to see if they'll help someone else.

Is it the ending of Karl And Curious Tower?

Is it Everyone Stitch The Friends?

Is the song from Stitch!? I know it's a summer series, but that is all I can think of, being an adaptation of a western cartoon, which is something which we didn't actually cover.

Is it an adaptation of a Show Within a Show?

edited 22nd Mar '12 1:15:51 AM by flygon250

DAMMIT. For a second I thought this round was going to break the fact record. I swear, it feels like mentioning the fact count is a jinx. Shark got it. It's "Lovely Girls' Anthem" from Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Act 2.

"Lovely Girls' Anthem" - Tantei Opera Milky Holmes - 67 facts

Explanation

Checking Each Fact

• It may be arguable that Milky Holmes is not a fantasy series depending on how you define a fantasy series, but considering the various super powers and that porky guy's tranformation into a bishonen in season 2, *
  Yes, it is as strange as it sounds.
  I'm pretty sure it should at least be borderline fantasy.
• There was a ghost in season 1.
• The school was Sherlock Holmes' Detective Academy so the name doesn't indicate whether it would count as a high school, but judging by the ages of the main characters*
  Apparently they're 15 to 17.
  , it should be safe to say that it is equivalent to high school.
• The first season aired in 2010 and I usually would use the airdate of the first season when talking about when the anime first aired.
• It was an adaptation of a radio drama. (I still have a hard time believing this)
• Funimation and Nico Nico are streaming season 2 and Crunchyroll is streaming season 1 in the US.
• It had a Summer special inbetween seasons.

Round 448:

Hint: Wait, he was there? Wait... Why was he there?
Hint 2: A certain fictional guide may help.

The song:

• Is not "God knows".
• Is not "Main Theme".
• Is not "End Theme".
• Is not an OP.
  • Again, is not the OP.
  • Again, is not the OP.
• Is not "Key -Phase 1-".
• Is not "Key -Phase 2-".
• Is not "Missing You".
• Is not "Key -Phase 3-".
• Is not "Seikai wa Hitotsu! Janai".
• Is not "Honnou no Doubt".
• Is not "Walk no Yakusoku".
• Is not "Gekka Reijin".
• Is not "Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii".
• Is not "Truth Of My Destiny".
• Is not "Hikari no Firmento".

The anime:

• Is fantasy.
  • Is mystery.
  • Is not Slice of Life.
  • Is not drama.
  • Is not an action series.
  • Is not horror.
• Contains ghosts or youkai.
  • Contains ghosts.
    • But does not have the tag "ghosts" on AniDB.
    • Nor does it have the tag "spirits" on AniDB. *
      Just because there were ghosts doesn't mean they were that important.
  • Does not contain youkai IIRC.
• Is set in Japan.
  • Is not set in a fantasy world (of any culture).
• The main character is not male.
• Is set in a high school.*
  Note how I answered with: "Judging by their ages, yes."
• Does not have mikos (shrine maidens).
• Did not start airing before 2000.
  • Started airing after 2005.
  • Started airing on an even numbered year.
  • Did not start airing in 2006.
  • Did not start airing in 2008.
  • Started airing in 2010.
  • Did not start airing in the summer of 2010.
  • Started airing in the fall of 2010.
• Does not have aliens. *
  At least I don't recall any.
  • Nor Time travellers.
  • Has espers.
• Is an adaptation. *
  I swear what else could be left for this? *winds up getting another 4 questions on this*
  • But not of a manga.
  • But not of a video game or a visual novel.
  • But not of a light novel.
  • But not of a tabletop, board, or card game.
  • But not of a Japanese novel that isn't a light novel.
  • But not of a non-Japanese novel or comic.
  • But not of a song/music video.
  • But not of a piece of software which isn't a video game.
  • But not of a doujin work of any kind.
• Is a TV series.
• Has been officially released / distributed in the US.
  • But has not yet been distributed in the US via DVD or Blu-Ray.
• Has multiple ending themes.
• Was still airing at the end of 2010 in the sense that it was airing during December.
• Has 26 episodes or less.
  • Has 24 episodes or more.
  • Which means it does not have 14 episodes or less.
• Is not Hetalia.
• Does not have any OVAs.

The hint:

• Does not refer to a ghost.

Etc.:

• My definition of tabletop games does include card games. *
  I'm not sure how this helps...

edited 22nd Mar '12 11:44:20 AM by Pokénatic

Sweet, let's have an easy one.

Round DDI

Hint: This song isn't by The Beatles. Maybe you should go with him to the place.

Is the anime about music?

Are there over 26 episodes total?

Is it Slice of Life?

Is the anime about music? No.

Are there over 26 episodes total? Yes.

Is it Slice of Life? Yes.

Frankly I thought flygon was going to get the last round after about 40 facts. I didn't expect that he wouldn't even bother asking if it was "Lovely Girls' Anthem". Hm, I'm actually amazed that no one asked any questions about the studio. Speaking of which...

Is the studio that produced it listed on the Names To Know In Anime page?

Does it have anything to do with strawberries?

Is it a romantic comedy?

... By the way, shark. How did you figure it out?

edited 22nd Mar '12 12:01:25 PM by Pokénatic

Is the studio that produced it listed on the Names to Know in Anime page? Yes.

Does it have anything to do with strawberries? No.

Is it a romantic comedy? Yes.

I was checking a list of the anime that started airign on the fall 2010 season, and I read that the franchise was owned by a card game, so I thought it was that, it wasn't until after I had asked the question that I read on wikipedia that it was originally a Radio Drama.

edited 22nd Mar '12 12:08:47 PM by shark33

Are there...

Aliens?

Time Travelers?

Espers?

Aliens? No.

Time Travelers? Without getting into WMG territory, No.

Espers? No.

Is there more than one season?

Is it an adaption?

Did it start airing after 2005?

Is there more than one season? Yes.

Is it an adaption? Yes.

Did it start airing after 2005? Yes.