Manga Quiz – Printable Version
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- Who created 'Dragon Ball'?
- A. Akira Toriyama
- B. Masashi Kishimoto
- C. Naoko Takeuchi
- D. Eiichiro Oda
- What is the name of the ninja clan Sasuke Uchiha belongs to in 'Naruto'?
- A. The Uzumaki clan
- B. The Senju clan
- C. The Hyūga clan
- D. The Uchiha clan
- In 'Attack on Titan' (Shingeki no Kyojin), what does humanity hide behind to protect itself from the Titans?
- A. Underground caves
- B. An ocean
- C. Mountains
- D. Massive walls
- What is the name of the Devil Fruit that gives Luffy his rubber powers in 'One Piece'?
- A. The Mera Mera no Mi
- B. The Hito Hito no Mi
- C. The Gomu Gomu no Mi
- D. The Yami Yami no Mi
- In 'My Hero Academia', what are the individual superpowers most characters possess called?
- A. Nen
- B. Quirks
- C. Chakras
- D. Stands
- Which cult 1980s-1990s manga, set in Neo-Tokyo after a mysterious explosion, heavily influenced science fiction worldwide?
- A. Akira
- B. Battle Angel Alita
- C. Ghost in the Shell
- D. Appleseed
- Who created the manga 'Naruto'?
- A. Masashi Kishimoto
- B. Eiichiro Oda
- C. Tite Kubo
- D. Hiro Mashima
- Which manga holds the Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author?
- A. Dragon Ball
- B. Naruto
- C. One Piece
- D. Case Closed (Detective Conan)
- In 'Hunter × Hunter', why does young Gon Freecss want to become a Hunter?
- A. To avenge his parents
- B. To become the richest person in the world
- C. To find his father, himself a Hunter
- D. To protect his village from demons
- In a manga, what does the big drop of sweat drawn on a character's head mean?
- A. That they are very hot
- B. That it is going to rain
- C. That they are embarrassed or awkward
- D. That they are ill
- Where does the name 'Pikachu' come from?
- A. From Japanese sound effects: 'pika' (electric crackle) and 'chu' (a mouse's squeak)
- B. From the name of its creator's son
- C. From an old word meaning 'yellow'
- D. From a Japanese battery brand
- Which very trendy manga genre tells the story of a character transported or reincarnated into another world, often after being hit by a truck?
- A. Mecha
- B. Isekai
- C. Yonkoma
- D. Josei
- In 'One Punch Man', what training does Saitama claim to have done to become able to defeat any enemy with a single punch?
- A. Meditating 10 hours a day under a waterfall
- B. Eating 100 bowls of rice a day
- C. 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and a 10 km run every day
- D. Training with an old master for 20 years
- What did the Japanese word 'otaku', used today for manga enthusiasts, originally mean?
- A. 'Paper warrior'
- B. 'Your house', a very polite way of saying 'you'
- C. 'One who reads at night'
- D. 'Child of drawing'
- Which sport is at the heart of the manga 'Haikyu!!'?
- A. Basketball
- B. Volleyball
- C. Football
- D. Tennis
- In 'Blue Lock', what is the goal of the programme bringing together 300 young footballers?
- A. To train a goalkeeper
- B. To create the world's best egotistical striker for Japan
- C. To recruit referees
- D. To create a women's team
- Which mangaka created the thrillers 'Monster' and '20th Century Boys'?
- A. Eiichiro Oda
- B. Naoki Urasawa
- C. Osamu Tezuka
- D. Masashi Kishimoto
- Which major festival devoted to manga and Japanese culture is held every summer near Paris?
- A. Comic-Con
- B. The Angoulême festival
- C. Japan Expo
- D. Paris Games Week
- What weapon does the space pirate Cobra, Buichi Terasawa's hero, hide in his left arm?
- A. A lightsaber
- B. The Psychogun, powered by willpower
- C. A grappling hook
- D. A shield
- Which childhood passion of Satoshi Tajiri inspired the creation of Pokémon?
- A. Fishing
- B. Card games
- C. Chess
- D. Insect collecting
Answer key — Manga Quiz
- A. Akira ToriyamaAkira Toriyama created 'Dragon Ball', first published in 1984 in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine.
- D. The Uchiha clanSasuke is one of the last survivors of the Uchiha clan, famous for mastering the Sharingan.
- D. Massive wallsIn 'Attack on Titan', humanity's survivors live shielded behind three enormous concentric walls.
- C. The Gomu Gomu no MiLuffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi (Rubber Fruit), which turns his body elastic like rubber.
- B. QuirksIn 'My Hero Academia', the hereditary supernatural abilities characters possess are called 'Quirks'.
- A. Akira'Akira', created by Katsuhiro Otomo, is set in a post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo and had a lasting impact on cyberpunk culture.
- A. Masashi KishimotoMasashi Kishimoto published 'Naruto' in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2014, totalling 72 volumes.
- C. One PieceEiichiro Oda's 'One Piece' entered Guinness World Records in 2015, and its cumulative circulation now exceeds 500 million copies worldwide.
- C. To find his father, himself a HunterGon sets out to find his father Ging Freecss, a legendary Hunter who left him in the care of his aunt Mito.
- C. That they are embarrassed or awkwardManga has a whole visual vocabulary: a sweat drop for embarrassment, a cross-shaped vein for anger, a snot bubble for sleep…
- A. From Japanese sound effects: 'pika' (electric crackle) and 'chu' (a mouse's squeak)Pikachu is therefore literally a 'sparkling mouse'. It became Pokémon's mascot to the point of decorating a Japanese airliner.
- B. Isekai'Isekai' means 'other world'. The truck has become such a cliché of the genre that fans nicknamed it 'Truck-kun', the deadliest…
- C. 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats and a 10 km run every dayA decent workout, but far from superhuman: that is the whole joke of the series.
- B. 'Your house', a very polite way of saying 'you'Fans in the 1980s addressed each other with this formal 'you', hence the nickname.
- B. VolleyballIts hero, Shoyo Hinata, makes up for his small size with a phenomenal jump.
- B. To create the world's best egotistical striker for JapanThe manga takes the opposite view of sport's usual team values by celebrating the goal-scorer's selfishness.
- B. Naoki UrasawaHis intricately built suspense plots won over an adult readership.
- C. Japan ExpoFounded in 1999, it welcomes over 250,000 visitors in four days.
- B. The Psychogun, powered by willpowerHe hides his artificial arm under a fake one. The series made a big impression on French children in the 1980s.
- D. Insect collectingAs a child, he hunted insects in the Tokyo countryside, which urban sprawl was wiping out.