Anime & Manga Quiz

1. Studio Ghibli is the most acclaimed anime film studio in the world. Which film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003?

1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. My Neighbor Totoro
3. Princess Mononoke
4. Spirited Away

2. Dragon Ball Z's Goku is famous for transforming into a 'Super Saiyan'. What visual change accompanies this transformation?

1. He grows to giant size
2. His eyes turn red and he sprouts wings
3. His hair stands upright and turns golden, and his eyes turn blue-green
4. His skin turns golden and he loses his hair entirely

3. One Piece, one of the best-selling manga of all time, follows a character named Luffy. What is his superpower?

1. He can control fire
2. He can copy any fighting technique he observes
3. He can see into the future
4. His body becomes rubber after eating a Devil Fruit

4. Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人) by Hajime Isayama concluded in which year, ending a 139-chapter run?

1. 2019
2. 2021
3. 2023
4. 2024

5. Naruto is one of the 'Big Three' of 2000s shonen anime. What is Naruto Uzumaki's dream?

1. To become Hokage (leader) of his village
2. To become the strongest ninja alive
3. To defeat the Akatsuki organisation
4. To find and defeat his older brother Itachi

6. What is 'shonen' anime and manga, and which demographic is it aimed at?

1. Action-adventure manga/anime aimed primarily at young teenage boys, featuring themes of friendship, perseverance, and growing strength
2. Anime aimed at adult women
3. Horror anime aimed at all ages
4. Romance manga aimed at teenage girls

7. Death Note features a protagonist who obtains a supernatural notebook. What does writing a name in the Death Note do?

1. The person becomes bound to serve the owner
2. The person forgets all their memories
3. The person named dies
4. The person switches bodies with the writer

8. My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア) is set in a world where most people have superpowers. What are these superpowers called?

1. Abilities
2. Gifts
3. Powers
4. Quirks

9. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba became a global phenomenon when its 2020 film broke records. What record did it set?

1. First anime film to win an Oscar
2. First anime to air on network US television prime time
3. It became the highest-grossing Japanese film in history, earning over $500 million globally
4. Most manga volumes sold in a single year

10. Who is generally considered the 'godfather' of anime and manga, whose studio created Astro Boy (1952)?

1. Akira Toriyama
2. Hayao Miyazaki
3. Katsuhiro Otomo
4. Osamu Tezuka

11. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is consistently rated one of the greatest anime ever. What is its central rule of alchemy?

1. Alchemy can only be performed under moonlight
2. Equivalent Exchange — to obtain something, something of equal value must be lost
3. Only the Philosopher's Stone can make alchemy truly powerful
4. You can create anything from nothing if you are skilled enough

12. Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) was groundbreaking for which reason when it aired in the 1990s?

1. It centred female heroes ('magical girls') in action roles — a powerful influence on girls' empowerment in 1990s pop culture globally
2. It pioneered 3D computer animation in anime
3. It was the first anime shown on American television
4. It was the first colour anime series

13. Jujutsu Kaisen follows protagonist Yuji Itadori after he swallows what?

1. A cursed sword
2. A demon's heart
3. A finger of the most powerful cursed spirit, Ryomen Sukuna
4. A supernatural jewel

14. The anime 'Cowboy Bebop' (1998) is famous for its soundtrack style, which blends anime with which unusual genre?

1. Classical orchestral music
2. Heavy metal exclusively
3. Jazz, blues, rock, and various music genres that define each episode's tone
4. Traditional Japanese folk music

15. What is 'isekai' — one of the most popular modern anime genres?

1. A genre focused exclusively on romance and school life
2. A genre of anime exclusively featuring robots (mecha)
3. Slice-of-life anime set in contemporary Japan
4. Stories where a character is transported from the real world to a fantasy or game world

16. Hayao Miyazaki has 'retired' multiple times from filmmaking. His latest film, The Boy and the Heron (2023), won what award?

1. Best Animated Feature at the Oscars 2024
2. Golden Globe for Best Animated Film 2024
3. Golden Lion at Venice 2023
4. Palme d'Or at Cannes 2023

17. Bleach, one of the Big Three 2000s anime, follows Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki. What is a Soul Reaper's primary role?

1. Collecting the souls of villains for the Soul Society's prisons
2. Guiding human souls to the afterlife and battling evil spirits (Hollows)
3. Protecting the living world from monster attacks only
4. Serving as soldiers in a supernatural war between gods

18. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995) is considered one of the most psychologically complex anime ever made. What is it fundamentally about?

1. A political thriller about nuclear war and its aftermath
2. A sports competition involving giant robotic football
3. Giant robots vs. aliens in straightforward action sequences
4. Teenager Shinji Ikari piloting a bio-mechanical giant 'Eva' unit while exploring depression, identity, trauma, and human connection

19. What is the significance of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine to manga history?

1. It focuses only on non-action manga genres
2. It is exclusively for children under 10
3. It is the world's best-selling manga anthology, home to the most successful manga titles including One Piece, Naruto, Dragon Ball, and Bleach
4. It is the world's oldest manga magazine, founded in 1902

20. Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi is famous for what controversial aspect beyond its storytelling?

1. Its controversial political themes that caused it to be banned in several countries
2. Its extraordinarily frequent and long-running hiatuses — the manga has been on hiatus for years at a time due to the author's health issues
3. Its extremely long chapters
4. The author refusing to allow any anime adaptation