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Exploring the World of Manga

This quiz examines key themes, historical context, and major works within the manga genre, testing knowledge on its development and cultural significance.

#Manga #Anime #Japanese culture #History #Pop culture

1 [33] Popular themes include ________, technology, sports, and supernatural settings.

2 The kodomo demographic was in an early stage of development of ________.

3 the ________ (multiple genres)

4 info)

5 the ________ for best new serial manga

6 The Asuka edition of volume 7 contains an essay about the ballet Petruchka by Russian composer ________ and first performed in Paris in 1911.

7 [citation needed] Another success of the mid-1990s was ________.

8 Entertainment, formerly ________ and now out of business, launched a series of manga by U.S.

9 Manga with solitary costumed superheroes like Superman, ________, and Spider-Man generally did not become as popular.

10 [1] In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II,[2] but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the manga Astra was originally conceived as a theatrical musical by American comic book artist Jerry Robinson.
  • the Japanese visual novel Twinkle Crusaders received three manga adaptations before its release.
  • the Japanese manga Black God was created by a manhwa team of Koreans who do not know the Japanese language.
  • the Blade of the Immortal manga authored by Hiroaki Samura was adapted into an anime series by Bee Train, Production I.G and Pony Canyon.
  • the Japanese manga Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens went on a hiatus because the mangaka fell ill, though there was speculation that the hiatus was caused by a fan controversy over Nagi's virginity.
  • when Masashi Kishimoto was creating the characters of the Naruto manga, he used other shōnen manga as references, including Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball.
  • two of the three character designers of the Japanese visual novel Flyable Heart have illustrated the Shakugan no Shana light novels and manga series, respectively.
  • the famous anime director Hayao Miyazaki produced a television commercial inspired by the work of gag manga artist Shigeru Sugiura.
  • the Japanese Manga de Dokuha series published a controversial manga version of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler.
  • 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.
  • Yuki Kataoka, a character from the Japanese manga Saki, seems to play better at mahjong if she eats tacos.
  • Katsura Hoshino based her manga character Allen Walker on a female character, only altering the hair length.
  • Japanese mangaka Ken Akamatsu received Kodansha's Freshman Manga Award for his debut manga Hito Natsu no Kids Game.
  • 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.
  • Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, a manga about a blind samurai, won the 1968 Shogakukan Manga Award.
  • the Japanese manga character Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo can command his own body hair to perform various martial arts.
  • before the release of the Japanese visual novel Sora o Tobu, Mittsu no Hōhō, there was a similarly based manga series by Kensha Shimotsuki.
  • Japanese manga Red Colored Elegy has an eponymous single performed by Morio Agata, which ranked seventh in Japan's Oricon charts in 1972.
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