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| Yukino Miyazawa was the perfect student. She had the best grades and always helped out everybody. All that changed when they entered high school and Soichiro Arima was in the same class. At first she hates him, but eventually she starts to love him. What is the name of the Manga? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Kare Kano. In Japan, this Manga is called "Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou".
| Why does Tenma take Dieter away from Hartmann? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
He realised Dieter was being abused. The other three responses have been made up.
| Who is the main character of "Monster"? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Dr Tenma. As you find out on the first page of the manga, the main character is Dr Kenzo Tenma. Dr Heinemann is Tenma's superior, and Dr Becker and Boyer are two of Tenma's colleagues.
| Who is the boy who commits suicide after pretending to be Schuwald's son? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Edmund. Erich is the name that Johan used when he would ask an old man about war stories, Johan is the main 'adversary' figure of the manga and the character who the title most appears to refer to, and Karl is Schuwald's actual son.
| Which sport does Dieter like to play? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Football (Soccer). Dieter is given a 'soccer ball' by Tenma. After this, he's quite often seen playing with it in the scenes that he's in.
| Which smash hit manga features high schoolers with psychic abilities, a lion stuffed animal with an odd personality, and the power of soul reapers? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Bleach. "Bleach", published by Viz, has also started airing on Cartoon Network. Ichigo, Orihime, Rukia, Chad, Uryuu, and K.O.N. use their special psychic powers to protect Earth from everything from simple hollows, to backstabbing soul reapers. This is a must see anime and must read manga from Tite Kubo.
| Which manga by the father of manga, Osamu Tezuka, features a robot named Michi? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Metropolis. Although all titles are by Osamu Tezuka, "Astro Boy" has a robot named Astro, not Michi. "Black Jack" is about a doctor, and "New World" is about a gravity controlling race called the Fumoon and the struggle for Earth's survival. "Metropolis" has also been made into an anime film based loosely on the manga.
| Which anime feature super strong Saiyans saving the planet from outerspace badguys? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Dragon Ball Z. The warriors in "Dragon Ball Z" are known as the Z warriors. A few, such as Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks to name a few, are of a different race called Saiyans. When they change into their classic blonde hair, blue-green eyed form, they're called Super Saiyans and their attack power increases tremendously. Toriyama's studio, Bird Studio (responsible for producing the "Dragon Ball Z" anime), is named after the 'Tori' in his name, meaning 'bird' in Japanese. The manga is published by Viz and the anime by FUNimation.
| When Ginji is involved in a motorcycle crash and suddenly dies, an angel gives him another chance at life, but not until after he lives out a penguin's life! What manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Tuxedo Gin. Just before Ginji Kusanaji has his first date with his new girlfriend, a rival motorcyclist forces Ginji off the road and into a premature death. In order to continue living, Ginji choses the form of a penguin, something he knows that his new girlfriend, Minako, loves. Being a stray penguin in a city (after escaping from the zoo), he ends up at Minako's house and gets to live with her until he is finally able to return to his human form. This manga is published by Viz.
| When doused with cold water, the people in this anime turn into all sorts of things, from a little black piglet to a panda. When doused with hot water, they return to thier normal human form. What hilarious manga from Rumiko Takahashi is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Ranma 1/2. Ranma, the main charcter, turns into a female version of himself when doused in cold water. Although all of the above titles are written by Takahashi, only "Ranma 1/2" features people changing into different animals when soaked in cold water. All of the titles are published by Viz, with "Ranma 1/2" finishing its American release with volume 36 in 2006.
| What wall has fallen before the start of the series? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Berlin Wall. Berlin, Frankfurt and Heidelberg are all places where segments of the manga takes place, and Germany is the country where all of these places are. However, there was only wall that fell, and it is often referred to - the Berlin Wall.
| What nationality is the main character? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Japanese. Although the manga takes place in Germany, Tenma moved there from Japan. Czechoslovakia is where another character comes from, not Tenma, and the Turks are minor characters who are found in the small community in Frankfurt.
| What Makoto Kobayashi manga follows a cat and all of his annoying little cat habits? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
What's Michael?. While "Club 9" is also by Makoto Kobayashi, "What's Michael?" follows the most adorable orange cat through cat school, space, and the terror of terrible cat food! Great title, if you can ever find it. All titles are published by Dark Horse comics.
| What is the name of the General whom Hartmann told Tenma to speak to about Johan? | "Monster" - A Manga Quiz (timydamonkey) |
Wolf. Dog, Cheetah and Tortoise were made up, but kept as animal names for keeping in with the theme.
| Tohru Honda's mother died and after a lot of moving around she moves in with her classmate, Yuki Sohma and his cousin, Shigure Sohma. Yuki turns into a rat when Tohru hugs him, and Shigure turns into a dog. What is the name of this Manga? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Fruits Basket. In "Fruits Basket" most of the Sohma's turn into members of the Chinese Zodiac.
| The kids at this school are hardly here to learn, but rather hold inane competitions to see who's the strongest person at their school for delinquints, or start a baseball team in the middle of the woods. What manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Cromartie High School. Both the anime and manga are published by ADV. Zany charcters inhabit the school, some of which may not even be students (like the Gorilla), but are still smarter than the actual student body (like the Gorilla). There's never a dull moment at Cromartie, be it a UFO, Freddie's horse biting Maeda's head (again), or Mechazawa breaking down again and getting fixed at Saito Electronics (again).
| Sana Kurata just wants to help everybody out. She's a t.v. star that tries to lead a normal life at school. It's hard to though, when a guy named Akito Hayama is always making trouble for her. What Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Kodocha. "Kodocha" is called "Kodomo no Omocha" in Japan.
| Poor Yusaku Godai can't seem to get into college or get his apartment manager to notice him! Which manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Maison Ikkoku. This hit manga by "Inuyasha" creator Rumiko Takahashi finished re-releasing its second edition manga in 2006. It follows the hilarious tale of the residents of "Maison Ikkoku", and especially Yusaku as he tries to sort out his life while dealing with his creepy and annoying neighbors, all while trying to admit his feelings for his apartment manager.
| Nana Suzuki splits into seven different versions of herself, all with different personalities, in what manga? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Seven of Seven. "Seven of Seven", published by ADV, follows Nana Suzuki in all seven forms! Her personalities are normal, happy, crybaby, sexy, smart, mean, and sporty.
| Monkey D. Luffy is going to be the king of pirates. He does have a slight problem because he can't swim. He can't swim because when he was young he ate the Devil's Fruit, which turned him into a rubber man. Despite this, Luffy is still determined to have the best pirates crew ever and become the king of pirates. Which Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
One Piece. Monkey D. Luffy starts his pirate crew, and his first crew member is the infamous pirate hunter, Zoro.
| Matsuo finds out that he can see and talk to spirits. His problem? The spirits are usually girls and they take over his body so they can do things that they didn't get to do in life, or so they can fix problems that their deaths caused. This can lead to some quite awkward situations. What Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Eerie Queerie. In this "Manga", Matsuo makes a friend named Hasunuma, who helps him deal with the problem of his body being taken over by girls.
| Keitaro goes to the Inn that his grandmother owns thinking that it is an Inn. Imagine the suprise that he gets when he finds out that it isn't an Inn anymore, but a girls dormitory, and he's the new manager! What Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Love Hina. There are five tenants who live at the dormitory full time for the entire series.
| In this manga, two young kids set off each night to capture Ayakashi demons using special techniques. Which manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Kekkaishi. Published by Viz, the two young kids are known as kekkaishi, as they used kekkai, or barrier, techniques to capture their enemies. Unfortunatly, Yoshimori and Tokine, the two kekkaishi, are from competing kekkaishi families, whose grandparents fight constantly over who the legitimate sucessor of all things kekkai should be.
| In this Manga, the main character wants to become the Hokage of his village, which means, basically, to be the best ninja in the country. He's got the slight problem though that everyone outcasts him, and he's got the spirit of a fox demon trapped inside of him. What Manga am I talking about?
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Naruto. "Naruto" is one of the Manga's that is featured in "Shounen Jump", along with "One Piece", and "Yu-Yu Hakusho".
| In this Manga, the main character learns the power of words when she accidently sends her sister, Mayura, into a weird dimension. With the help of her sister's friend, Kyo, a foreigner named Frey, and a crazy bunny-girl, they try to get Mayura back. What is this Manga? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Alice 19th. It's called "Alice 19th", because the word that Alice masters first, is the 19th word, Rangu, which means courage.
| Hideki is a poor college student trying to make his own in the world. He has always wanted a persocom, but they are so expensive that he can't afford them. One day, he finds a persocom in the trash, and he figured that since someone threw the persocom away, that they wouldn't want it anymore. What he didn't realize, is that there was more to this persocom than at first meets the eye. What Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Chobits. Clamp is the author of this series.
| Former high school detective Jimmy Kudo is now the pint-sized detective Conan Edogawa, thanks to some poison slipped to him from two men in black. What manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Case Closed. Published by Viz. Jimmy is trying to get back to his near adult form from his current first grader form. As long as he's a kid, he lives with his crush, Rachael, and her father, while Dr. Agasa, his mad scientist neighbor, tries to help get an antidote that will return Jimmy to normal.
| Elwood was a knife-throwing pickpocket before he met Gamma Akutabi and started following him around to search for The Rings of the Dead. What manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Zombie Powder. "Bleach", "Zombie Powder", and "Ultra Unholy Hearted Machine" (a short story in Volume 2 of "Zombie Powder") are all by Tite Kubo and published by Viz. "Trigun" has a similar wild west theme and is published by Dark Horse.
| Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse have messed with a forbidden science in what manga? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Fullmetal Alchemist. All titles are published by Viz. Edward had tried to bring his mother back to life using alchemy, and as a result, his brother lost his body and Edward lost his arm and leg. In both the anime and manga, Edward is constantly teased for being short.
| Crazy scientist Senbei Norimaki makes a highly sophisticated robot and unleashes his almost human invention, Arale, unto Penguin Village to scare everyone with her poop poking, mountain cracking insanity. What manga is this? | Mixed Manga Trivia! (bookphreak) |
Dr. Slump. Made by Akira Toriyama, famous for "Dragon Ball Z" and artwork for video games such as "Chrono Trigger", "Dragon Quest/Warrior", "Tobal No.1" and "Blue Dragon", "Dr. Slump" was his debut manga. Looking closely at some "Dragon Ball Z" movies will reveal "Dr. Slump" toys and posters scattered about. This manga is published by Viz.
| Aya and Aki were twins and great friends. Everything was changed though on their sixteenth birthday when their family tried to kill Aya because she has the spirit of a Celestial Goddess in her body that wants to kill the family. What Manga am I talking about? | Manga (lontradomar) |
Ceres. Yuu Watase is the author of this "Manga". She's also of the author of "Fushigi Yuugi" and "Alice 19th".
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