Kanji
What is the kanji for 'woman'?
女
What 1998 anime, featuring screenplay from Keiko Nobumoto, follows a group of bounty hunters including Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine aboard the titular spaceship with a jazz-influenced soundtrack?
Cowboy Bebop
What Shinto holiday, celebrated on March 3rd, focuses on girls and involves the display of a set of dolls on a red fabric?
Hinamatsuri
What famous manga, written by Naoko Takeuchi, follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino as she takes on a double life as a magical girl, along side her fellow planet-named companions?
Sailor Moon
In 1995, Japanese photographer Hiromix won the New Cosmos of Photography award for her series Seventeen Girl Days, which helped to popularize what now-ubiquitous photography genre, often involving a picture taken of one's self with a front-facing phone camera?
Selfie
What Japanese writing system, created from simplified cursive kanji, was adopted first by women due to their lack of access to education?
Hiragana
What 2006 Sunrise anime, featuring character designs from CLAMP, follows a boy who obtains the ability to mind control people with his magical eye in the midst of a military occupation of Japan?
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
During what period of rapid industrialization in Japan did the country establish a Ministry of Education, which included the expansion of education to the common people and eventually to women?
Meiji period
Rumiko Takahashi wrote 3 famous manga which became popular anime series as well, setting the standards for the comedy-romance and isekai genres. Name any of her 3 most famous works.
Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, Inuyasha
Ryoko Tani, 5-time Olympic medalist and former legislator, practiced what Japanese martial art focused on throws?
Judo
自由の女神像 is the Japanese name for the Statue of Liberty. What does this translate to?
Goddess of Freedom Statue
What 2009 anime, directed by Naoko Yamada at Kyoto Animation, follows the lives of four girls who join their high school's music club and eat cake together?
K-On!
お歯黒, the process of dying one's teeth, was historically part of traditionally beauty standards in Japan. What color were the teeth dyed?
Black
What manga, written by Hiromu Arakawa, follows a boy who sacrificed two of his limbs and his brother's body in a ritual gone wrong?
Fullmetal Alchemist
Formed in 2005, AKB48 is a highly-influential idol group which is the best-selling female musical act in Japanese history. What Tokyo entertainment district does the 'AKB' refer to?
Akihabara
This term, written in kanji as 御前, refers to a noblewoman or outrider, and is often found in the names of famous female warriors. How is it read?
Gozen ごぜん
What famous 2002 cyberpunk anime by Production I.G focuses on a cyborg task-force, featuring a soundtrack from Yoko Kanno?
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Queen Himiko, a legendary Japanese ruler mentioned in Korean and Chinese historical texts as well, is thought to be the inspiration for what sun goddess who serves as the head of the Shinto pantheon?
Amaterasu
What manga, written by Aki Hamaji, follows an introverted guitarist as she makes friends in her new band, and became a massive phenomenon when its CloverWorks anime aired in Fall 2022?
Bocchi the Rock!
Kinu Nishimura is now a freelance illustrator, but she spent many years working for Capcom, during which she served as a character designer for what highly-influential fighting video game franchise, which features characters such as Ryu, Ken, and Chun-Li?
Street Fighter
The kanji 女 can be broken into three letters based on Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. How is it read and what is the meaning of it?
く、ノ、一 "Kunoichi"
What 1997 anime, directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara and written by Chiho Saito, follows the titular girl who participates in duels revolving around a 'rose bride'?
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Yuriko Koike is a Japanese politician who has served in the cabinets of multiple Japanese Prime Ministers, as the Minister of Defense and as the Minister of the Environment. What post does she now hold, as the first woman to do so?
Governor of Tokyo
What seinen manga, written by Q Hayashida, is set in a brutal, post-apocalyptic world following a man who's head was turned into a reptile by magic?
Dorohedoro
The Fire Emblem franchise has a long history of having women in lead character design roles. Sachiko Wada was one such individual, and in 2004, she served as director (as well as lead character designer) on a Fire Emblem game after serving as lead character designer on the previous two. What was the title that Sachiko Wada directed?
Fire Emblem: the Sacred Stones