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Anime quiz
How well do you really know Anime? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Anime questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Manga and anime tell stories in different formats: what form does each take, and how do people experience them?
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- Manga are comics or illustrated stories, usually printed or read as still images
- Anime is animated video, usually watched with moving images and sound
- Easy
Pikachu is tiny, but what creature category does Pokémon give it, and what type is it?
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- Mouse Pokémon
- Electric type
- Easy
Why do anime mouths sometimes flap through just a few shapes? Name the animation approach and give its practical advantage.
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- It uses limited animation, with only a small number of mouth drawings or poses
- Reusing a few drawings saves time, effort, or production cost
- Easy
Two beloved films, one famous studio: who made My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away, and which director led both?
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- Studio Ghibli
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Medium
What longer Japanese word is “anime” shortened from, and what kind of thing does that word mean?
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- “Anime” is shortened from “animēshon” (also written “animeeshon”)
- The longer word means animation
- Medium
Before the Thousand Sunny, what was the Straw Hats’ ship called, and who gave it to them?
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- The ship was the Going Merry.
- Kaya gave it to the Straw Hats.
- Medium
Who composed the music for Princess Mononoke, and name another Studio Ghibli film he scored.
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- Joe Hisaishi composed the music for Princess Mononoke.
- He also scored films such as Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, or Howl’s Moving Castle.
- Boss
When Attack on Titan began its manga run, which magazine published it, and in what year did its first chapter appear?
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- Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine
- 2009
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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