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I realize this is a rather arbitrary question regarding language/connotation rather than about the actual show so I'm posting it here instead of the actual topic.

What is the difference between "Ore" and "Jibun". I understand they both are ways of referring to oneself but what are the connotations attached to each word. Is one word more polite/respectful/submissive or masculine/feminine?

On episode 1 of Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei (irregular at magic highschool) around the 5 minute markspoiler[. When the main character Shiba Tatsuya first meets Saegua Mayumi. They exchange greetings introductions. Mayumi introduces herself first then Tatsuya says "ore" and he quickly stops and changes it to "jibun" as follows "jibun shiba tatsuya desu".]

The 'jibun' in question is a first person singular pronoun which was used in the Imperial Japanese Army. As Professor Kigawa Yukio, a scholar of Japanese language, has pointed out it, in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Shōwa period, the word 'jibun' was used by a lower-ranking person when he talked to a higher-ranking person.
The first person singular pronoun 'ore' can be rude to a higher-ranking person, and Shiba Tatsuya has found that the girl whom he is talking with is an upper-class student who comes from a prestigious family of magicians. So he has switched from 'ore', which probably he usually uses, to 'jibun', which can connote his politeness to his superior.
His using the word 'jibun' also suggests that Shiba Tatsuya is a warrior-type person. spoiler[In fact, Shiba Tatsuya is also an officer of the army.]

On a side note, though the second kanji is different from Saegusa Mayumi (七草真由美)'s, the family name 'Saegusa' which is written as '七種' is a real-life family name, and you can occasionally see families whose name is '七種 Saegusa' in Nagasaki.
　

There was this anime I once watched as a kid with a boy who lived in the sky and was given this weapon (some sort of rod) that could control and shoot air. The boy was, however, kicked out and went down to earth and helped save some villages with his weapon. There was also some sort of evil queen, and some blue wizard guy riding a giant floating cat. I know it's really vague but that's all the details I could remember.

Soul Hunter. It's gotta be Soul Hunter.

a few months ago i saw a commercial for an anime about a group of woman working on trains as conductors and so on

A big part of one of the anime stores near Akihabara station was devoted to it. The drawing where more realistic, and the characters looked normal.

i took pictures of the posters and dvd so i could look it up later when i was not busy but i lost the pictures and forgot the title.

Can someone help me find this anime?

thank you!