Soft Skills
Anime
Movies/TV
Animation 101
IT'S TIME FOR BUSINESS!
100

Turning in projects on time, calling your supervisor when you're running late, asking for an extension on a project, creating schedules, setting reminders

What is time management?

100

This green-haired student with the Quirk “One For All” dreams of becoming the world’s greatest hero.

Who is Izuku Midoriya (Deku)?

100

This teenager accidentally travels through time in a modified DeLorean.

Who is Marty McFly?

100

This principle prepares the audience for an action, like a character winding up before jumping

What is Anticipation?

100

This company owns Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars.

What is Disney?

200

A group working together to achieve a shared goal, usually by sharing ideas, responsibilities, and skills.

What is collaboration?

200

Director of Ponyo, Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle

Who is Hayao Miyazaki?

200

This animated movie about a family with magical powers became known for the song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

What is Encanto?

200

This principle gives objects the illusion of weight and flexibility.

What is Squash and Stretch?

200

This studio produced Spirited Away and is distributed internationally by GKIDS.

What is Studio Ghibli?

300

Adjust or change your behavior, thinking, or approach when situations, conditions, or challenges change.

What is adaptability?

300

This Sailor Guardian wields fire-based attacks and is Sailor Moon’s closest friend and protector.

Who is Sailor Mars?

300

This Netflix series brought 1980s nostalgia back with bikes, monsters, Dungeons & Dragons and telekinesis. 

What is Stranger Things?

300

This principle describes extra movement that continues after the main action stops, like hair or clothing.

What is Follow Through and Overlapping Action?

300

This anime streaming platform is owned by Sony.

What is Crunchyroll?

400

Two teammates are working on the same project. One thinks a deadline was flexible because it was mentioned casually, while the other thought it was firm because it was sent in a quick message. The project is turned in late, and both are frustrated—realizing they never clearly confirmed expectations.

What is communication?

400

This spiky-haired boy begins his journey in Hunter × Hunter by taking the Hunter Exam to find his father.

Who is Gon?

400

This HBO series based on a video game focuses on survival, found family, and moral choices.

What is The Last of Us?

400

This animation process adds the drawings that connect key poses, creating smooth and natural movement.

What is inbetweening?

400

This studio is responsible for Shrek and Kung Fu Panda.

What is Dreamworks Animation?

500

An animator finishes a character walk cycle, but before final export, they notice the character’s shadow moves slightly faster than the feet, the sleeve clips through the arm on one frame, and the lip-sync is one frame off. The animator fixes these small issues before submission, preventing the scene from looking unprofessional on screen.

What is attention to detail?

500

This 1988 cyberpunk anime movie set in Neo-Tokyo features a psychic experiment that goes horribly wrong.

What is Akira?

500

This princess is known for her blue flames, lightning bending and that she "always lies"


Who is Azula?

500

Andrew Haldeman worked on these two feature films

What is James and the Giant Peach, Hook, The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades, An American Tail, Land Before Time, Star Trek VI, A Nightmare Before Christmas? (many answers)

500

This entertainment company is home to Looney Tunes, DC Comics, and the Harry Potter film series.

What is Warner Bros.?

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