To Aru Majutsu no Index - Anime-Only Q & A

[Yu Ominae]

Anyone what year does Index start (including Railgun)? Haven't found any info on it.

[Chaos2Frozen]

It was never disclosed.

But given that the book first came out roughly 10 years ago, it was probably written with that in mind.

[Yu Ominae]

Ah thanks then.

[CataclysmicExplosion]

So this might be nitpicking, but I'm curious as to why they did not mention how St. Peter was actually crucified in the anime?

I'm asking, because recently I've been watching A certain magical index II with a friend and he had to explain why story of St. Peter was important. According to Wikipedia (Yes, I know I'm using Wikipedia as a source), when he was crucified, he requested to be crucified upside down, since he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus Christ. This reflects pretty closely to what my friend said about the story (He's raised christian)

Was this something that was mentioned in the light novels...? Or did they not want to offend people who were watching the show?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Sorry for the late reply, I don't check in as often anymore.

Originally Posted by CataclysmicExplosion

So this might be nitpicking, but I'm curious as to why they did not mention how St. Peter was actually crucified in the anime?

I'm asking, because recently I've been watching A certain magical index II with a friend and he had to explain why story of St. Peter was important. According to Wikipedia (Yes, I know I'm using Wikipedia as a source), when he was crucified, he requested to be crucified upside down, since he saw himself unworthy to be crucified in the same way as Jesus Christ. This reflects pretty closely to what my friend said about the story (He's raised christian)

Was this something that was mentioned in the light novels...? Or did they not want to offend people who were watching the show?

The Japanese don't really care that much about religion political correctness, otherwise this series wouldn't even exist in it's current form. The most obvious reasons is that they don't have the luxury of the book to go on and on with expositions due to time restrains so they have to cut it short.

And yes they went into full exposition about the St. Peter's Cross story in the LN, though I don't have the details right now.

[Fizix]

Originally Posted by Yu Ominae

Anyone what year does Index start (including Railgun)? Haven't found any info on it.

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

It was never disclosed.

But given that the book first came out roughly 10 years ago, it was probably written with that in mind.

Well, I think its safe to assume that it's several decades in the future. It does give some indications as to roughly how far ahead it might be, like how many ethnic minority presidents there have been.

So 2004 + 30~50 years would probably be a reasonable estimate if you wanted to give it a period in time?

[Yu Ominae]

Thanks.

Listening to the OSTs is a blast. Although I'm double checking on a particular soundtrack during the confrontation between Kuroko and Awaki in the second season. Need a hand here, especially to those who have access to the second season OSTs.

[Yu Ominae]

Bumping this up, but I do want to double check if I'm thinking wrong here, I'm assuming that AC has no diplomatic buildings in place?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Yu Ominae

Bumping this up, but I do want to double check if I'm thinking wrong here, I'm assuming that AC has no diplomatic buildings in place?

District 1 - Where most of the city's administration is located.
District 3 - Accommodations for authorized outsiders (which also includes hotels, private pools, etc.)

[Yu Ominae]

Thanks, Chaos. I kinda know that. But since that happens to be the case, then I surmise that the city has no foreign embassies.