Can You Score 20/20? Ultimate Anime Movie Trivia Quiz – Test Your Genre Knowledge!

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Dive into the enchanting and thrilling world of anime movies with this ultimate trivia challenge! From timeless Studio Ghibli classics to groundbreaking cyberpunk epics and modern box-office smashers, these 20 questions range from easy warm-ups to expert-level brain-teasers. Think you’re an anime movie master? Prove it!

20 Trivia Questions on Anime Movies

Question 1: Who directed the 2001 anime film Spirited Away?

A. Isao Takahata
B. Mamoru Oshii
C. Hayao Miyazaki
D. Satoshi Kon

Question 2: In what year was Akira first released?

A. 1988
B. 1990
C. 1986
D. 1992

Question 3: What is the name of the protagonist in Perfect Blue?

A. Rumi
B. Mima Kirigoe
C. Tadokoro
D. Me-Mei

Question 4: Which film features the characters Taki Tachibana and Mitsuha Miyamizu?

A. Weathering With You
B. Suzume
C. Your Name
D. 5 Centimeters Per Second

Question 5: Who voices Motoko Kusanagi in the original Ghost in the Shell (1995)?

A. Maaya Sakamoto
B. Atsuko Tanaka
C. Megumi Hayashibara
D. Rie Kugimiya

Question 6: Grave of the Fireflies was directed by?

A. Hayao Miyazaki
B. Yoshifumi Kondō
C. Isao Takahata
D. Gorō Miyazaki

Question 7: What is the highest-grossing anime film worldwide?

A. Spirited Away
B. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train
C. Your Name
D. Howl’s Moving Castle

Question 8: In Princess Mononoke, what is the name of the wolf goddess?

A. San
B. Eboshi
C. Ashitaka
D. Moro

Question 9: Which director helmed Paprika (2006)?

A. Mamoru Oshii
B. Satoshi Kon
C. Shinichirō Watanabe
D. Hiroyuki Imaishi

Question 10: What year was Ninja Scroll released?

A. 1991
B. 1995
C. 1993
D. 1989

Question 11: Wolf Children is directed by?

A. Makoto Shinkai
B. Mamoru Hosoda
C. Hayao Miyazaki
D. Katsuhiro Otomo

Question 12: In Your Name, what causes the destruction of Itomori?

A. Earthquake
B. Tsunami
C. Volcano
D. Comet

Question 13: Which anime movie won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2003?

A. Finding Nemo
B. Monsters, Inc.
C. Ice Age
D. Spirited Away

Question 14: What is the English name of Kimi no Na wa?

A. Weathering With You
B. The Garden of Words
C. Your Name
D. Suzume

Question 15: Who directed Steamboy?

A. Yoshiaki Kawajiri
B. Rintaro
C. Mamoru Oshii
D. Katsuhiro Otomo

Question 16: In Akira, what is Tetsuo’s full name?

A. Shotaro Kaneda
B. Kei
C. Ryu
D. Tetsuo Shima

Question 17: Which film features a girl who can leap through time?

A. Millennium Actress
B. Tokyo Godfathers
C. Summer Wars
D. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Question 18: Weathering With You was released in?

A. 2020
B. 2018
C. 2019
D. 2021

Question 19: Who directed Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust?

A. Koichi Ohata
B. Satoshi Kon
C. Akira Kanbe
D. Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Question 20: In Howl’s Moving Castle, what is Sophie’s curse?

A. Turned young
B. Turned into an old woman
C. Turned into a witch
D. Mute

Answers

  1. C. Hayao Miyazaki – He directed Spirited Away for Studio Ghibli, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature; Takahata directed Grave of the Fireflies, Oshii Ghost in the Shell, and Kon Perfect Blue.
  2. A. 1988 – Akira, directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, premiered in Japan that year as a cyberpunk landmark; the others are incorrect dates.
  3. B. Mima Kirigoe – She is the pop idol protagonist whose reality unravels in Satoshi Kon’s psychological thriller; others are supporting characters.
  4. C. Your Name – Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 body-swapping romance stars Taki and Mitsuha; the others are by Shinkai but different stories.
  5. B. Atsuko Tanaka – She provided the iconic voice for Major Kusanagi in Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 film; the others voiced roles in different anime.
  6. C. Isao Takahata – The Studio Ghibli co-founder directed this heartbreaking WWII tale; Miyazaki did Spirited Away.
  7. B. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train – The 2020 film grossed over $500 million worldwide; Spirited Away is second.
  8. D. Moro – The wolf goddess raises San in Hayao Miyazaki’s 1997 epic; San is her adopted human daughter.
  9. B. Satoshi Kon – His final film Paprika explores dreams via a stolen device; others directed separate classics.
  10. C. 1993 – Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s action-packed Ninja Scroll debuted that year.
  11. B. Mamoru Hosoda – He directed the 2012 family drama about a mother raising half-wolf children; Shinkai does romances.
  12. D. Comet – A comet fragment destroys the town in Your Name; inspired by real disasters but specifically a comet.
  13. D. Spirited Away – It became the first anime to win the Oscar in 2003; the others were nominees or non-anime winners.
  14. C. Your Name – Makoto Shinkai’s 2016 hit; others are his later or earlier works.
  15. D. Katsuhiro Otomo – The Akira creator directed the 2004 steampunk adventure Steamboy.
  16. D. Tetsuo Shima – He gains psychic powers in Akira; Kaneda is his friend.
  17. D. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time – Mamoru Hosoda’s 2006 film; others are Satoshi Kon works.
  18. C. 2019 – Makoto Shinkai’s romance about weather-controlling girl Hodaka and runaway Hina.
  19. D. Yoshiaki Kawajiri – He directed the 2000 gothic horror-action sequel.
  20. B. Turned into an old woman – Witch of the Waste curses Sophie in Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’ novel.

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