Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist and is characterized by stark, colorful graphics and st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Characteristics
Anime features a wide variety of artistic styles which vary from artist to artist. Anime also features a large number of genres as well--...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Characteristics
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia - Animal
Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. In general they are multicellular, capable of loco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia - Anime
Anime - History. The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - History
Main article: History of anime The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Production Types Of Anime
Most anime can be categorized as one of three types: Films, which are generally released in theaters, represent the highest budgets and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fox: Encyclopedia - Fox
A fox is a member of any of 27 species of small omnivorous canids. The animal most commonly called a fox in the Western world is the Red ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xingyiquan: Encyclopedia - Xingyiquan
Xingyiquan is one of the three major internal Chinese martial arts—the other two being Taijiquan and Baguazhang—and is characterised ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Animation Style
The drawing style used in anime is counter productive to the animation process, having far too many details and subsequently making it di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - Anime - Licensing And Distribution
Anime is available outside of Japan in localized form, referred to as licensed anime or Dubs. Licensed anime is modified by western distr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snorlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Snorlax - In The Anime
Probably Snorlax's most dangerous action is rolling over. Because of its great size, and tendency to oversleep, anybody can end up being ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grovyle: Encyclopedia Ii - Grovyle - Characteristics
Grovyle - Appearance. Grovyle's appearance is styled after that of the gecko. It is a green lizard with a pink underbelly broken by a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snorlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Snorlax - Characteristics
Snorlax resembles a giant bear whose eyes always seem to be closed. All Snorlax will do all day is eat and sleep, only being awake to eat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grovyle: Encyclopedia Ii - Grovyle - In The Video Games
Grovyle is available in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald only if the player chooses its pre-evolved form Treecko as their starter Pok�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingler: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingler - In The Animé
Ash's Krabby evolved into Kingler during the 1st round of the Indigo League, but it was barely used during his adventures in Johto and Ka...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treecko: Encyclopedia Ii - Treecko - Characteristics
Treecko - Appearance. Treecko resembles a small, bipedal gecko. Though Treecko are often seen standing upright like a human, in the jun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelp Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelp Forest - Kelp
This section details the characteristics of kelp as it affects the kelp forest as an ecosystem. For more information on the organisms cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munchlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Munchlax - Characteristics
Munchlax behaves quite opposite of its evolution, Snorlax, as it is somewhat hyperactive. It does not mind walking and running from place...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucario: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucario - Name Origin
Lucario's name has been speculated by some to be a corruption of Oracle in Japanese, although this has not been confirmed. Most people te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbreon: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbreon - Characteristics
Umbreon - Appearance. Umbreon is a quadruped that has characteristics of foxes. It is covered with short black fur, with yellow rings o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Treecko: Encyclopedia Ii - Treecko - In The Video Games
Picking this Pokémon as a starter is categorized as choosing a "Medium-Easy" difficulty level for the game because the first gym leader ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingler: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingler - Characteristics
Kingler - Appearance. Certainly the 'King' of all Crabs, Kingler is based off the King Crab; however, its name also relates to the bone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munchlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Munchlax - Name Origin
Munchlax is a portmanteau of munch and lax. Munch meaning large bite/chew noisily, lax meaning 'muscles relatively relaxed'. If not, lax ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munchlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Munchlax - In The Video Games
Unlike the other fourth-generation preview Pokémon, Munchlax has already been seen in several video games released in both sides of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munchlax: Encyclopedia Ii - Munchlax - In The Anime
Munchlax’s official debut, long before the release of Diamond and Pearl, was in the seventh Pokémon movie, Destiny Deoxys. In it, a lo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Groudon: Encyclopedia Ii - Groudon - In The Anime
As in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, in the anime Team Magma seeks to capture Groudon to expand the land, while their rivals at Team Aqua se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucario: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucario - In The Video Games
Lucario is likely a legendary Pokémon appearing in the upcoming Nintendo DS versions of Pokémon, Diamond and Pearl, though nothing abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aipom: Encyclopedia Ii - Aipom - Name Origin
Aipom's name is derived from the words ape, because it resembles a monkey, and palm, which refers to its hand-like tail. Its French name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliwrath: Encyclopedia Ii - Poliwrath - Characteristics
Poliwrath - Appearance. Poliwrath looks like a beefy boxer with large muscles and a distinctive spiral belly. It is mostly blue with it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Behavior
See also animal behavior for a broader view. Researching the behavior of dolphins in the wild is a difficult task. However, several resea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelp Forest: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelp Forest - Environmental Characteristics
Kelp forests are found in temperate ocean waters around the globe wherever water conditions are conducive to the successful establishment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Brain Characteristics
While there is no physiological characteristic that unequivocally indicates intelligence in animals, scientists naturally focus on brain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - Fox - General Characteristics
With most species roughly the size of a domestic cat, foxes are smaller than other members of the family Canidae, such as wolves, jackals...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Espeon: Encyclopedia Ii - Espeon - Characteristics
Espeon - Appearance. Espeon is a quadruped that has characteristics of cats. It appears to be based on legend of the nekomata, also kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molybdenum: Encyclopedia Ii - Molybdenum - Occurrence
Though molybdenum is found in such minerals as wulfenite (PbMoO4) or powellite (CaMoO4), the main commercial source of molybdenum is moly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molybdenum: Encyclopedia Ii - Molybdenum - Biological Role
Molybdenum has been found to have a role in the biology of all classes of organisms. It is found in two groups of enzymes, the nitrogenas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Molybdenum: Encyclopedia Ii - Molybdenum - Precautions
Molybdenum dusts and molybdenum compounds, such as molybdenum trioxide and water-soluble molybdates, may have slight toxicities if inhale...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucario: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucario - Characteristics
The physical appearance of Lucario is based on Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Underworld. Lucario seems to wield a power named "Hadou" (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucario: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucario - In The Anime
In the opening sequence to the American dub of Pokémon Advanced Battle, Lucario is seen resting on a tree with Mew flying around it. Thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucario: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucario - Movie Appearances
Lucario is the main Pokémon star in the upcoming movie "Mew and the Wave Guiding Hero: Lucario." Lucario is a servant to a noble of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Espeon: Encyclopedia Ii - Espeon - In The Video Games
Espeon cannot be caught in most of the Pokémon games. It must be evolved from Eevee by leveling it up while daytime after its happiness ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Espeon: Encyclopedia Ii - Espeon - In The Animé
A family of sisters in Ecruteak City are trainers of all of the different eeveelutions in Episode 228, Espeon Not Included!. In this epis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aipom: Encyclopedia Ii - Aipom - Characteristics
Aipom - Appearance. Aipom resembles a purple monkey with its face forever frozen in a maniacal grin that can be described as rictus and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aipom: Encyclopedia Ii - Aipom - In The Animé
Aipom's most notable appearance was in Pokémon 3. There, an Aipom was used in battle by the trainer Lisa, whose advice to head to Green ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Altaria - Characteristics
Altaria - Appearance. Altaria appears to be a cross between a dragon and a bird. Its cloud-like wings that wrap underneath its body are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altaria: Encyclopedia Ii - Altaria - In The Video Games
Altaria - Availability. Altaria is available in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. It can be evolved from Swablu (Chirutto) at level 35, or ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Totodile: Encyclopedia Ii - Totodile - Characteristics
Totodile - Appearance. Totodile's appearance is based on amphibious reptiles such as the crocodile or the alligator. It has a short blu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Totodile: Encyclopedia Ii - Totodile - In The Video Games
In Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal, Totodile is one of three starter Pokémon offered by Professor Elm near the start of the game, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Totodile: Encyclopedia Ii - Totodile - In The Animé
Totodile's first appearance was in the first episode in the Johto story ark (#119-Don't touch that 'Dile). Team Rocket took advantage of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbreon: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbreon - In The Video Games
Umbreon cannot be caught in most of the Pokémon games. It must be evolved from Eevee by leveling it up while nighttime after its happine...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Umbreon: Encyclopedia Ii - Umbreon - In The Animé
In Episode 185, Trouble's Brewing!, a family of sisters in Ecruteak City are trainers of most of the different Eevee evolutions, includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliwrath: Encyclopedia Ii - Poliwrath - In The Video Games
Poliwrath is not found in the wild in any of the Pokémon games and must be evolved from Poliwhirl with a Water Stone item. Similar to Gl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Groudon: Encyclopedia Ii - Groudon - Characteristics
Groudon is a gargantuan lizard-like being with a layer of outer skin comprised of a red, rocky substance and a stylized sloped tail with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Groudon: Encyclopedia Ii - Groudon - In The Video Games
Groudon - Availability. Groudon is only available in Pokémon Ruby, in the Cave of Origin. In Pokémon Sapphire, Fire Red, and Leaf Gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rayleigh Wave: Encyclopedia Ii - Rayleigh Wave - Other Manifestations
Rayleigh wave - Animals. Rayleigh waves are inaudible, but yet can be detected by many mammals, birds, insects and spiders. Human being...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cetacean Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Cetacean Intelligence - Comparative Cognition
The area of the comparative cognition (see animal cognition) of the dolphin is one of the primary avenue of the investigation of cetacean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - Fox - Cultural Connotations
In many cultures, the fox is a familiar animal of folklore, a symbol of cunning and trickery. Some well-known stories involving foxes are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aipom: Encyclopedia Ii - Aipom - In The Video Games
Aipom can be found in seven games. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Aipom could be found by using Headbutt on trees. In Pokémon Colosseum, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyndaquil: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyndaquil - Name Origin
"Cyndaquil" originates from the words "cinder" and "quill". Hinoarashi originates from the phrase hi no arashi (火の嵐). Hi meaning fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rayleigh Wave: Encyclopedia Ii - Rayleigh Wave - Characteristics
A Rayleigh wave moves across a surface. As it passes, a surface particle moves in a circle or ellipse in the direction of propagation. If...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyndaquil: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyndaquil - In The Anime
Cyndaquil has made numerous appearance in the Pokémon anime, mostly under the control of Ash. His Cyndaquil often seemed to be very weak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saruman: Encyclopedia Ii - Saruman - Politics
Saruman - Men. Tolkien writes of Saruman that "he went mostly among men". He always sought power, and in the Third Age the greatest pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rayleigh Wave: Encyclopedia Ii - Rayleigh Wave - Earthquake Shaking
Due to their higher speed, the P- and S-waves generated by an earthquake arrive before the surface waves. However, the particle motion of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ho-oh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ho-oh - Anime Appearances
In the first episode of the series, Ash Ketchum sees a large, shining bird flying above the plain. When he consults his Pokédex, it resp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ho-oh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ho-oh - Characteristics
Ho-Oh is similar to a phoenix, and it can see into the future. It flies continuously through the world's skies on its magnificant 7-colou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyndaquil: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyndaquil - Characteristics
Cyndaquil - Appearance. When not seen curled up, normal Cyndaquil are covered with dull-yellow fur with a rich streak of blue running f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saruman: Encyclopedia Ii - Saruman - Characteristics
In appearance, Saruman was as an old man with black hair. At the end of the Third Age, his hair and beard had turned mostly white—he ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saruman: Encyclopedia Ii - Saruman - Origins
In Valinor, the land of the angelic Valar in the West, a council was called by Manwë. This was likely shortly after the defeat of Sauron...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saruman: Encyclopedia Ii - Saruman - History
Saruman arrived alone in a ship at Mithlond (the Grey Havens) in the west of Eriador around the year 1000 of the Third Age, and only Cír...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ho-oh: Encyclopedia Ii - Ho-oh - In The Video Games
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, it is caught at the Tin Tower in Ecruteak City. To catch Ho-oh in Gold or Silver, you must first r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fox: Encyclopedia Ii - Fox - Cultural Connotations
In many cultures, the fox is a familiar animal of folklore, a symbol of cunning and trickery. Some well-known stories involving foxes are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lightsaber: Encyclopedia Ii - Lightsaber - Lightsaber-like Devices In Other Contexts
The word Lightsaber has become a type of Genericized trademark for any energy-bladed sword or similar weapons, even if they're not identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lightsaber: Encyclopedia Ii - Lightsaber - Lightsaber-like Devices In Other Contexts
The word Lightsaber has become a type of Genericized trademark for any energy-bladed sword or similar weapons, even if they're not identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leaderless Resistance: Encyclopedia Ii - Leaderless Resistance - General Characteristics
Typically, cells often number less than three individuals (and rarely more than a dozen). The basic characteristic of the structure is th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Warfare - Biological Weapons Characteristics
Ideal characteristics of biological weapons are high infectivity, high potency, availability of vaccines, and delivery as an aerosol. Dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xingyiquan: Encyclopedia Ii - Xingyiquan - In Fiction
The fictional Tekken characters Julia Chang, Michelle Chang, and Wang Jinrei were written as Xingyiquan fighters. The comic book Shaolin ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xingyiquan: Encyclopedia Ii - Xingyiquan - Controversy
Ancient Chinese texts, the source of Xingyiquan knowledge, often contain characters whose meanings are obscure or have disappeared comple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xingyiquan: Encyclopedia Ii - Xingyiquan - Overview
Xingyiquan - The Five Elements. Xingyiquan uses the five classical Chinese elements to metaphorically represent five different states ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Llama: Encyclopedia Ii - Llama - Classification
Although they were often compared by early writers to sheep and spoken of as such, their affinity to the camel was very soon perceived. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Llama: Encyclopedia Ii - Llama - Etymology And Discovery
Llama, sometimes rendered lama in the 1900s, is a word used by the Peruvians to designate one of a small group of closely associated anim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leaderless Resistance: Encyclopedia Ii - Leaderless Resistance - History Of The Idea
The concept of leaderless resistance was reportedly developed by Col. Ulius Louis Amoss, an alleged U.S. intelligence officer, in the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leaderless Resistance: Encyclopedia Ii - Leaderless Resistance - Leaderless Resistance In Practice
Leaderless resistance - The Far Right. The concept of leadership resistance remains important to much far right thinking in the United ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Science Fiction - Characteristics
At its best (as in, for example, Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers or Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan novels), militar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Science Fiction - Authors
Defining authors of the genre include: Robert A. Heinlein, author of Starship Troopers, among other books. David Drake, author of the Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Biological Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Biological Warfare - The Role Of Public Health Departments And Disease Surveillance
It is important to note that all of the classical and modern biological weapons organisms are animal diseases, the only exception being s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lightsaber: Encyclopedia Ii - Lightsaber - Lightsabers In Reality
Lightsabers, made of immaterial beams of light, collide whereas they should pass right through one another without a sound. Moreover, las...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lightsaber: Encyclopedia Ii - Lightsaber - Lightsabers In The Star Wars Universe
Using "frozen blaster" technology, a blade of pure energy is created. It is unknown how this energy only exists for a specific length to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lightsaber: Encyclopedia Ii - Lightsaber - Lightsaber Effects In The Movies
The original film prop hilts were constructed from old camera-flash battery packs. The 'switched-on' sword props were designed with the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Groups Of Animals
The sponges (Porifera) diverged from other animals early. As mentioned, they lack the complex organization found in most other phyla. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - History Of Classification
Aristotle divided the living world between animals and plants, and this was followed by Carolus Linnaeus in the first hierarchical classi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Structure
With a few exceptions, most notably the sponges (Phylum Porifera), animals have bodies differentiated into separate tissues. These includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Reproduction And Development
Nearly all animals undergo some form of sexual reproduction. Adults are diploid or occasionally polyploid. They have a few specialized re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Origin And Fossil Record
Animals are generally considered to have evolved from flagellate protozoa. Their closest living relatives are the choanoflagellates, coll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal - Examples
Some well-known types of animals, listed by their common names: alligator alpaca ant antelope badger bat bear bee beetle bird bison butt...   » Read the article