Anime in real life
Animation Studios
Anime Renamed
Anime Remade
Anime from the 90's
100
Several life sized versions of these iconic machines from this franchise have been constructed in various countries, with many boasting limited movement and special effects for visitors to witness.
What is Gundam?
100
Considered one of the most recognized anime studios in the world, this studio was behind the only two anime movies to have won an Oscar as of 2024.
What is Studio Ghibli?
(The movies that won Oscars are Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron.)
100
Originally named Mach Go Go Go in Japan, this classic anime was renamed for the western release which proved popular enough to get a live action Hollywood movie made of it in 2008.
What is Speed Racer?
100
This 2014 remake aims to tell the story of the popular 1992 original by streamlining it and making it more accurate to the manga by Naoko Takeuchi.
What is Sailor Moon Crystal?
(The original was named Sailor Moon.)
100
Released in 1999, this show about seven children who are transported into another world while at summer camp involves them befriending and partnering with the monsters they find there while trying to find a way home.
What is Digimon: Digital Monsters?
(Also accepted: Digimon Adventure.)
200
At WrestleMania 32, the tagteam New Day made an eye-catching entrance by emerging from a giant box of their "Booty-O's" cereal, dressed as characters from this popular fighting anime. You could say their power was over 9000.
What is Dragonball Z?
Xavier Woods, Big E and Kofi Kingston make their entrance at WrestleMania 32.
200
This studio owned by Sega Corporation is considered by many to be the oldest one still active. Founded in 1946, it produced and/or animated a string of popular works from the 1960s to the 1970s, including Star of the Giants, Moomin, Attack No. 1, Lupin the 3rd Part I, and Aim for the Ace!.
What is TMS Entertainment?
200
The video game Dragon Quest inspired an anime adaptation in 1989, but to match the name of the game as released in America, the anime was released under this name instead.
What is Dragon Warrior?
200
While the original 1981 show about a womanizing boy chosen to save the earth got a localized English title, with the 2022 remake, it has been referred to only by it's Japanese title.
What is Urusei Yatsura (2022)?
(The original was known as Those Obnoxious Aliens in English.)
200
The story of this show centers on an elementary school student who discovers magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards into the world and must retrieve the cards to prevent a catastrophe.
What is Cardcaptor Sakura?
300
Held in 2021, when this event was announced, it included ambassadors such as Goku, Naruto, and Sailor Moon.
What is the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics?
(The event was pushed back from 2020 due to covid)
300
This studio was once known by fans for it's early use of CG in anime, and produced a number of successful series. At one point known as GDH K.K., the studio has not released a major animation project since 2020.
What is Gonzo?
(Also accepted: Gonzo, Inc. or Gonzo, K.K.)
300
Mazinger Z was the first giant robot animated show that was very popular in Japan. In America, the show was named this.
What is TranZor Z?
300
This 2023 remake of the 1998 original about a gunslinging pacifist used full CG for its animation.
What is TRIGUN STAMPEDE?
(The original was named Trigun)
300
This 1997 film directed by Satoshi Kon follows a member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. The film garnered critical acclaim and is now regarded as a masterpiece of animation and one of the best anime films.
What is Perfect Blue?
400
In 2025, protests in Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, France, and Madagascar used the flag from this anime as fans of the story saw a reflection of their own fight in the show's plot.
What is One Piece?
400
Founded in 2008 this studio is known for its unique house animation style, which combines traditional 2D character animation with 3D computer animated backgrounds, often featuring complex camera movements, particle effects, and aggressive postprocessing. The studio's style has been simultaneously described as controversial, striking, and bizarre.
The studio's first production as lead producer was an adaptation of the adult visual novel Princess Lover! in July 2009.
What is GoHands?
400
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, also known as Gatchaman was adapted not once, but twice into English, and given these two names.
What is Battle of the Planets and G-Force: Guardians of Space?
400
This 2024 anime is a remake of a show from 2006 which takes place at Eden Hall where you'll find a prodigy who legend has it can mix the best cocktails anybody has ever tasted, and who always knows the ideal cocktail for any patron.
What is Bartender: Glass of God?
(The original was named Bartender)
400
Released as both an OVA and a movie, the story of this anime takes place in 2040 where AI is near perfection and the current top idol is the near-completed Virturoid Idol. All that is missing are her actual feelings, which instead are supplied by Myung Fang Lone.
What is Macross Plus?
500
This song by Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies released in 1998 was extremely popular, hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and contained references to anime such as Sailor Moon and Akira.
What is the song One Week?
500
Founded in 2017, up until 2024, this studio only had one full production to its name, with it's only other credits being music videos and commercials. In 2025, it added a 2nd anime to it's portfolio with To Your Eternity Season 3.
What is STUDIO MASSKET?
(Their first anime was The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash.)
500
This syndicated TV program consisted of five different Japanese series: Dangard Ace, Grandizer, Gaiking, Spaceketeers, and Starvengers, but packaged into a weekday cartoon series with each sub-series to be shown on the same day of the week.
What is Force Five?
500
This 2018 remake of the epic sci-fi 1988 original takes place thousands of years from now when humanity has advanced into space. Here it has divided into two countries with two different forms of government: the autocracy of the Galactic Empire, and the democracy of the Free Planets Alliance.
What is Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These?
(The original was named Legend of the Galactic Heroes.)
500
This show follows a young boy who, in an attempt to save an unknown girl, is transported to another world which may be the Earth in the far future. The world is desolate and militarized, survival is a daily struggle for displaced refugees, and water is a scarce commodity.
What is Now and Then, Here and There?
