What Say You Seiyuu?
Which famous American voice actor has voiced Piccolo (DBZ), All Might (MHA), Alex Louis Armstrong (FMA), and Batou (GITS)?
a). Johnny Yong Bosch
b). Christopher Sabat
c). Vic Mignogna
d). Todd Haberkorn
a). Christopher Sabat, who has also served as the ADR director on many Dragon Ball series.
What ingredient is NOT in Jet Black's bell peppers and beef from Cowboy Bebop?
a). bell peppers
b). beef
c). onion
d). shiitake mushrooms
b). Sadly, the Bebop crew was too strapped for cash to splurge on beef for their bell peppers and beef.
The following anime are all part of the idol genre except for this one.
a). The Idolm@ster
b). School-Live!
c). Love Live! School Idol Project
d). Macross Delta
b). School-Live!, which I sneakily mispronounced, is actually not an idol anime at all, but something much more unexpected, which you should watch if you haven't seen it. It's not quite as cutesy as it seems.
In Mob Psycho 100, our main character's nickname is Mob. What is his real name?
a). Tobio Kageyama
b). Shigeo Kageyama
c). Reiji Kageyama
d). Hironobu Kageyama
b). Shigeo Kageyama. Tobio is from Haikyuu, Reiji is from Inazuma Eleven and Hironobu is a J-Rock singer.
In which anime are breasts used as shock absorbers for firing an anti-tank rifle?
a). Gunslinger Girls
b). Seikon no Quasar
c). Hellsing Ultimate
d). High School of the Dead
d). Rei's ample bosom serves as a stable weapons platform when Takashi takes the shot in High School of the Dead.
Which of these characters did Hiroshi Kamiya (Yato from Noragami) NOT voice?
a). Shinji Matou (Fate/Stay Night)
b). Koyomi Araragi (Monogatari series)
c). Saiki Kusou (Saiki Kusou no Psi nan)
d). Osamu Dazai (Bungou Stray Dogs)
d). Osamu Dazai's character was voiced by Mamoru Miyano while Hiroshi Kamiya voiced Ranpo Edogawa in Bungou Stray Dogs.
How many more credits did Kintarou Oe from Golden Boy need to finish his degree at Tokyo University?
a). 0
b). 3
c). 4
d). 8
a). Kintarou had already finished his degree at Tokyo University. He just needed to apply for graduation, but he's busy biking around the country, wooing hot babes.
Man With a Mission performed the OP for all of the following anime, except one. Name that anime.
a). Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
b). Inuyashiki
c). Golden Kamuy
d). Rage of Bahamut: Genesis
d). Rage of Bahamut: Genesis' opening was performed by the band SiM.
Which anime hasn't been banned by the Chinese government...yet?
a). Monster Musume
b). Claymore
c). High School of the Dead
d). Darling in the FranXX
a). Monster Musume, surprisingly, is still going strong in China.
Who is the drummer of the band Houkago Tea Time! in K-On!?
a). Ui Hirasawa
b). Ritsu Tainaka
c). Mio Akiyama
d). Yui Hirasawa
b). Ritsu Tainaka is the drummer of Houkago Tea Time!
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka seems to specialize in voicing generic light novel adaptation leads. Which of the following characters did he actually NOT voice?
a). Masamune Izumi (Eromanga-sensei)
b). Bell Cranel (Is it Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)
c). Touya Mochizuki (In Another World With My Smartphone)
d). Kirito (Sword Art Online)
c). Touya Mochizuki was voiced by Katsumi Fukuhara when he built his harem in In Another World With My Smartphone.
Which of these shows did not air on the Toonami block?
a). Dragon Ball
b). Gundam Wing
c). Witch Hunter Robin
d). Tenchi Muyo
c). Witch Hunter Robin. Dragon Ball aired on the Toonami block on August 20th, 2001, though it did start airing after Dragon Ball Z.
Which of these band members from Beck was based on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist, Flea?
a). Yukio Tanaka
b). Yoshiyuki Taira
c). Ryusuke Minami
d). Yuji Sakurai
b). Yoshiyuki Taira's beach-blonde hair, playing style, and the fact that he doesn't wear a shirt on stage, are all reminiscent of Flea.
Which of these phrases has Shirou Emiya NOT said before in the Fate anime series?
a). "Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right."
b). "When you have a birthday, you celebrate being born."
c). The Archer class really is made up of archers!"
d). People die if they are killed."
c). "The Archer class really is made up of archers!" is a line spoken by Rin Tohsaka, not the ever-quotable Emiya.
Which of these magical girls does NOT transform?
a). Honey Kisaragi (Cutie Honey)
b). Sakura Kinomoto (Card Captor Sakura)
c). Madoka Kaname (Madoka Magica)
d). Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya)
b). While Sakura Kinomoto does change clothes very often thanks to her fashion-forward friend Tomoyo Daidouji, she does not magically transform into them.
Of the following characters voiced by Takahiro Sakurai, which of them is NOT an antagonist?
a). Kiyomaru Takamine (Zatch Bell)
b). F. Scott Fitzgerald (Bungou Stray Dogs)
c). Shougo Makishima (Psycho-Pass)
d). Ferid Bathory (Owari no Seraph)
a). Kiyomaru Takamine from Zatch Bell.
In the anime Trigun how much was the bounty on Vash the Stampede's head?
a). ¥1 billion yen
b). ₩10 billion woolong
c). 30 billion jenny
d). $$60 billion double dollars
d). Vash is known as the $$60 billion double dollar man.
Singer Hironobu Kageyama has performed the opening theme for all of the following anime, except for which one?
a). Dragon Ball Z
b). One Punch Man
c). MD Geist
d). Gundam Wing
d). Gundam Wing's OP's were performed by Japanese pop duo TWO-MIX. (Note: Kageyama sang One Punch Man's OP as part of JAM Project).
Kirito's black sword in Sword Art Online is called the Elucidator. What is the name of his white sword?
a). Lambent Light
b). Dark Repulser
c). Anneal Blade
d). Excalibur
b). Dark Repulser. Kirito never was one for subtlety.
Which anime focuses on cute girls who are actually Japanese naval ships?
a). Girls Und Panzer
b). Strike Witches
c). Kantai Collection
d). High School Fleet
c). Kantai Collection, or KanColle, is a series based on a Japanese mobile game where the girls are named after historic Japanese naval ships. High School Fleet is just a show about moe girls manning Japanese battleships, which is clearly totally different.
Caitlin Glass has provided the English voice for all of the following characters except one. Name that character.
a). Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online
b). Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club
c). Amakata Miho from Free!
d). Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist
a). Asuna Yuuki was voiced by Cherami Leigh. She also voiced Lucy from Fairy Tail and Mikiko Kawamoto from Devilman Crybaby.
Which character in the anime The Twelve Kingdoms does not exist in the original novel?
a). Suzu
b). Asano
c). Sugimoto
d). Takasato
b). Asano was a character added to the anime to externalise some of Youko's struggles in the anime. Suzu is one the 3 protagonists of the 3rd arc. Sugimoto's role in the anime was original, but she did appear in the novel as a classmate of Youko's in Japan. Takasato is the name of Taiki when he lived in Japan.
Name the 7-minute-long Yoko Kanno composed piece of music that serves as the ED of Cowboy Bebop episode 13, Jupiter Jazz, Part 2 in the place of the usual ED, "The Real Folk Blues."
a). Cats on Mars
b). Wolf's Rain
c). Space Lion
d). Chicken Bone
c). The name of the track is Space Lion, which is commonly referenced as one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded for anime. Cats on Mars and Chicken Bone are both on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack as well, and Wolf's Rain is the name of another anime which Yoko Kanno composed music for.
Which of the following is Madoka's original wish from Puella Magi Madoka Magica?
a). To save a cat that was run over.
b). To save all of her friends.
c). To end all suffering.
d). To have cake to eat.
a). It's actually revealed in a drama CD that Madoka's original wish was to save Amy the cat from getting run over by a car. Amy appears in the original OP for Madoka, being held in Madoka's arms. SHAFT approached Gen Urobuchi about the Drama CD and asked him to include Amy the cat in the OP of the anime.
Which anime from Winter 2018 is NOT about four cute girls doing cute things?
a). Laid-Back Camp/Yuru Camp
b). Slow Start
c). Mitsuboshi Colors
d). A Place Further Than the Universe
c). Mitsuboshi Colors was about three cute girls doing cute things. Even if you haven't seen it, you might have been tipped off by the prefix "Mitsu", which means three in Japanese.