Geography of Japan
The second most populous city in Japan.
What is Yokohoma? (3,690,000)
3rd: Osaka 2,670,000
4th: Nagoya 2,266,000
1st: Tokyo 8,956,000
The Japanese word for manga artist.
What is mangaka?
In Japanese culture, it is customary to do this instead of shaking people's hands.
What is bowing?
The highest-grossing Studio Ghibli film.
What is Spirited Away ($365,481,131)?
This American TV Show has been out for 30 years, but the characters never age. The opening song only has two words, which are the name of the show, and it is characterized by overbites and yellow skin.
What is The Simpsons?
The largest and most central island of Japan.
What is Honshu?
As of April 8th, 2018, this is the number of episodes that the One Piece anime has.
What is 894?
The three Japanese alphabets.
What are hiragana, katakana, and kanji?
The founders of Studio Ghibli. (Name at least 2)
Who are Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, and Isao Takahata?
This musical, which came out in 2007 but is set in the '60s, opens with the number "Good Morning Baltimore".
What is Hairspray?
The northernmost island of Japan and the southernmost island of Japan, excluding Okinawa.
What are Hokkaido and Kyushu?
This is an iconic quote from the anime/manga "Dragon Ball Z" that was actually a translation error.
What is "It's over 9000!"? (Actual line was "It's over 8000!")
Rather than using different noun endings, Japanese uses these to mark which part of the sentence a word is.
What are particles?
The first official movie produced by Studio Ghibli.
What is Laputa: Castle in the Sky?
(Laputa was released in 1985 and although Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind was released in 1984 and was directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it was released a year earlier than the when Studio Ghibli officially started, which was in 1985, and therefore is not technically a Ghibli movie.)
In the episode of The Office (U.S.) called "Trivia", the Dunder Mifflin Just-For-Fun group, "The Einsteins", consisting of Kevin, Merideth, Kelly, and Erin, wrote this as a response to the question "Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?"
What is "The California Raisins"?
The body of water that separates Japan from Russia, China, and Korea.
What is the Sea of Japan (East Sea)?
These are the major Japanese animation companies. (Name at least 3)
What are Manglobe, Studio Pierrot, P.A. Works, Studio Ghibli, Production I.G, Bones Animation Studios, Kyoto Animation, Sunrise Inc., Toei Animation, and Madhouse?
When wearing these, you must wrap the left side over the right side since wrapping the right side over the left is used only during funerals. These are made with heavy fabrics and can get very hot. There is a slightly more aerated version used during the summers called a Yukata.
What is a kimono?
The breakthrough movie for Studio Ghibli and the movie that gave Ghibli an international fanbase. (2 separate movies)
What is Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Princess Mononoke (1997)?
A Japanese composer/musical director who has over 100 scores and solo albums. He uses a wide variety of genres in his music and is most well-known for his association with Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki.
Who is Joe Hisaishi?
The city of Japan with the highest altitude.
What is Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi? (130th highest city in the world and is right next to Mt. Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi)
This is the longest-running anime.
What is Sazae-san (2390+ episodes and still going)?
This holiday, although it exists in the west, is celebrated a lot differently in Japan. It is celebrated as more of a couple's holiday rather than a religious one, is typically celebrated on the eve rather than the day of, and most people celebrate this by eating fried chicken (KFC).
What is Christmas in Japan?
This director won Japan's Bunshun Raspberry Award for "Worst Director" with his first movie "Tales from Earthsea", which received the "Worst Movie" award the same year. However, he directed a second movie, "From up on Poppy Hill", that received positive reviews and won the 2012 Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year.
Who is Goro Miyazaki?
This American actor played iconic roles such as Stefon on SNL, Barry from "Barry", Fear from "Inside Out", Flint Lockwood from "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2", shared a character with Finn Wolfhard in IT Chapter 2, and many more. He co-created "Barry" and helped write some episodes of "South Park".
Who is Bill Hader?