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1 The success of ________'s 1937 feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced Japanese animators.

2 South Park has a notable drawing style, itself parodied in "Brittle Bullet", the fifth episode of the anime ________, released several months after "Chinpokomon" aired.

3 For example, some of the work of ________ and Toshiro Kawamoto are known for having realistically proportioned eyes, as well as realistic hair colors on their characters.

4 Anime gained early popularity in East and ________ and has garnered more-recent popularity in the Western World.

5 With improvements in computer technology, ________ increased the efficiency of the whole production process.

6 Also, shows like Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z provided a pivotal introduction of anime's conventions, animation methods, and ________ influences to many American children.

7 Anime conventions began to appear in the early 1990s, during the Anime boom, starting with ________, Animethon, Otakon, and JACON.

8 Male characters will develop a ________ around their female love interests (typically to indicate arousal, based on an old wives' tale).

9 Although it violates ________ laws in many countries, some fans add subtitles to anime on their own.

10 Anime, Graffiti and Memento mori are all:

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Japanese manga series Soul Eater by Atsushi Okubo has been developed into an animated television series that plans to adopt the source material over fifty-one episodes?
  • the Japanese role-playing game Night Wizard! was adapted into an animated television series consisting of thirteen episodes?
  • the Japanese visual novel True Tears was adapted into an animated television series that is planned to consist of thirteen episodes?
  • the Japanese band Daisy × Daisy provided the song "Brave your truth" as the opening theme song of the episodes of the Chrome Shelled Regios anime?
  • the Japanese animated television series Last Exile uses terms from chess in its episode titles?
  • the anime Black Rock Shooter was based on the song of the same name by Huke and Ryo of the Japanese music group Supercell?
  • in a 2001 survey of Animage magazine readers, the 50-episode series Digimon Adventure 02 was ranked 17th on the list of anime that should be remembered?
  • in the 1960s, Yōji Kuri was regarded as the creator of Japanese animation most known to the West?
  • the 1999 anime series Digimon Adventure was first seen as an imitation of Nintendo's Pokémon franchise when its episodes first aired in North America?
  • the Japanese visual novel Princess Lover!'s anime adaptation was first exhibited as a video hosted by Television Kanagawa prior to its televised broadcast?
  • the visual novel Myself ; Yourself was adapted into an animated television series consisting of thirteen episodes?
  • the opening theme of the eighth season of the Bleach anime, "After Dark", was provided by the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation?
  • the titles of the thirteen episodes of the Japanese animated television series Gunslinger Girl were given in Italian as well as Japanese?
  • while the anime adaptation of the Japanese visual novel White Album began its broadcast in 2009, it was actually first considered in 1998?
  • the famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki produced a television commercial inspired by the work of gag manga artist Shigeru Sugiura?
  • the episodes of the anime series Baccano! do not tell the events in chronological order?
  • the thirteen episodes of the Rental Magica anime were shown in a nonlinear order, meaning that the order the episodes were aired in is different from the episodes' chronological order?
  • the twelve episodes of the Tsukihime, Lunar Legend anime were developed by the Tsukihime Production Committee, which included companies such as Geneon Entertainment, Movic, Tokyo Broadcasting System, and J.C. Staff?
  • the children's anime series The Littl' Bits has aired in Japanese, English, Spanish, Polish, German, and Italian?
  • each title of the thirteen episodes of the 2007 Japanese animated television series Blue Drop: Tenshitachi no Gikyoku is the name of a flower seen in that episode?
  • before its broadcast, the Japanese visual novel Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity's anime adaptation was first exhibited as a video hosted by Media Factory?
  • Kung Fu Jimmy Chow is a cartoon parody that has the appearance of a dubbed Japanese anime?
  • Mitsuyo Seo, the director of Japan's first feature length anime, Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, a World War II propaganda film, was earlier arrested and tortured as a leftist?
  • Peter Keefe's 1980s series Voltron "helped prepare the way for other Japanese-style animation in the United States" such as Pokémon and Power Rangers?
  • Chōji Suitengu, a character from the anime Speed Grapher, rolls his cigarettes with 10,000 yen bills?
  • Japanese rock band Abingdon Boys School provided one of the two opening theme tunes for the first season of the D.Gray-man anime?
  • composer Takanori Arisawa won three JASRAC International Awards for most international royalties, due to the worldwide popularity of the Sailor Moon anime soundtrack?
  • Haruka Tomatsu, who provides two pieces of theme music for the episodes of the Kannagi anime, is also the seiyū of one of the series' titular characters, Nagi?
  • Japanese anime director Rintaro has worked in animation for 50 years and co-founded the animation studio Madhouse?
  • Son Goku, a German rock band, is named after the protagonist of the anime series Dragon Ball Z?
  • Viper's Creed, a Mecha action anime series, takes place after the Earth's cities are underwater due to global warming and a third world war has caused calamity and turmoil?
  • Summer Wars was the first Japanese animated film to be included for competition at the Locarno International Film Festival?
  • American singer Becca provided the closing theme "I'm Alive!" for the episodes of the 2008 Japanese anime Kuroshitsuji?
  • Firo Prochainezo, a character of the Baccano! light novel and anime series, wears glasses in an attempt to look smarter?
  • Roujin Z is a 1991 Japanese anime film about a computerized hospital bed with its own built-in atomic power reactor?
  • Nerima Daikon Brothers is a rare musical comedy format anime series that pokes fun at Junichiro Koizumi, Michael Jackson, Bae Yong Joon, and other contemporary topics in Japan?
  • Animerica, launched in 1993, was one of the first American professional anime and manga magazines, and was one of the most popular throughout the 1990s?
  • Cencoroll is a 2009 30-minute Japanese animated science fiction film nearly singlehandedly written, designed, directed, and animated by manga author Atsuya Uki?
  • Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka, released in 1933 and directed by Kenzō Masaoka, was the first "talkie" animated film in Japan?
  • "Girls on Film" by Duran Duran served as the opening theme for the Japanese anime Speed Grapher though FUNimation was unable to obtain its license for US release?
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