Music
This voice synthesizer software led to the creation of the popular virtual singer Hatsune Miku.
What is Vocaloid?
The bullet-hell game Touhou Project takes place in this mythical land full of Japanese-inspired folklore.
What is Gensokyo?
This famous game designer chooses to hide his face with a large smiling "emil" head when he conducts interviews.
Who is Yoko Taro?
This popular anime is centered on a civilization that exists within three circular walls that must fight giant humanoid creatures to survive.
What is AOT/Attack on Titan?
This generic insecure high school boy is instructed by his estranged father to pilot mechs in order to save humanity.
Who is Shinji Ikari?
This song from Bakemonogatari became popular in meme mashups on Youtube and Nico Nico Douga.
What is Renai Circulation?
The popular money-pit Genshin Impact is set in this world which is home to seven nations tied to seven different elements.
What is Teyvat?
This anime director loved to blend surrealism and reality together in animes such as Paprika and Perfect Blue.
Who is Satoshi Kon?
This anime features three childhood friends that set off into an area called "The Capitol" in order to make money for their poverty-stricken village and eventually join an assassin group called Night Raid.
What is Akame Ga Kill?
This outspoken Oni is originally tasked with invading the earth but eventually becomes determined to marry a human.
Who is Lum?
This famous lo-fi artist created the soundtrack for the anime Samurai Champloo.
Who is Nujabes?
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is set in a world with many Kingdoms and factions with most events taking place in this mythical continent.
What is Fodlan?
This designer is known for the creation of the 龍が如く series but started his video game development endeavors with the Virtua Racing series.
Who is Toshihiro Nagoshi/Nagoshi?
A recluse who spends his days playing video games rather than attending school is visited by the spirit of his long since passed away friend who pesters him to grant her a forgotten wish.
What is Anohana?
This shy teenager absorbs demon powers by accident but now must fight enemies hidden throughout the world.
Who is Akira Fudo/Devilman?
The song God Knows... was sung by the lead character of the anime from which it originates from.
What is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya?
In the English localization of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney the setting of the game was unknown until the game Spirit of Justice specified this American city.
What is Los Angeles/LA?
The development of Pokemon was inspired by this developer's childhood collecting bugs in Machida, Tokyo.
Who is Satoshi Tajiri?
This supernatural slice-of-life anime features a Japanese girl who is brought to the United Kingdom by a seven-foot-tall humanoid being with an animal skull for a head.
What is Ancient Magnus' Bride?
This character is a self-proclaimed mad scientist that accidentally helps develop time travel with microwaves and text messages.
Who is Rintaro Okabe/Okarin?
This popular 2022 anime topped the charts with its opening making it the most listened to anime opening of 2022.
What is Kick Back/Chainsaw man?
In the mid-tier visual novel Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, most of the game's plot takes place at this high school.
What is Hope's Peak Academy?
This creator is responsible for the smash hit Sailor Moon but also developed other animes such as Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Who is "Ikuni"/Kunihiko Ikuhara.
This anime is set in the "high school of the afterlife" where people who experienced trauma or hardships in life must overcome them before reincarnation.
What is Angel Beats?
This creator's name is derived from the Japanese word for "honesty" and tries to take on a mature, nonchalant demeanor as a young boy with ESP powers.
Who is Naota Nandaba?