Answer: Gondoliering
The planet is now called Aqua, as befits its watery landscape, and the city is named for Venice, city of canals. All the gondoliers' names begin with "A": Alicia, Akira, Athena, and the protagonist Akari. Gondoliers are called Undines, which is fitting, as an undine is a mythical water spirit.
Iyashikei tend to contain very low-key conflict in order to de-stress the audience; this show's plotlines include a gondola race, an attempt to deliver a letter, and a search for the company's runaway president, a cat.
From Quiz: Iyashikei: The Healing Genre
Answer: Princess Serenity
Usagi is not only Sailor Moon, she's the reincarnation of Serenity, the Princess of the Moon, and the Sailor Senshi are the reincarnations of her guardians. Mamoru Chiba, aka Tuxedo Mask, was Endymion, the Prince of the Earth and he and Serenity fell in love despite being on opposite sides. When the Moon Kingdom and the Earth went to war, both of them were killed in action (in the original anime), or Endymion was killed by Queen Beryl and Serenity impaled herself on a sword in her grief (in the manga). The first arc of 'Sailor Moon' involves the Dark Kingdom looking for the Moon Princess, the holder of the powerful Silver Crystal, with Sailor Venus trying to throw them off the scent. Usagi only finds out who she is when Mamoru is injured and she cries over him, and the Silver Crystal appears.
From Quiz: Madoka, Usagi and Sakura
Answer: 2
Claymores (named for the swords they wield) are human women with the flesh of monsters called youma implanted inside them, which turns their hair blonde and their eyes silver, and they are tasked with fighting youma on behalf of the mysterious Organisation. They are ranked from 1 to 47, with 1 being the highest rank and 47 - Claire's rank - being the lowest. In Claire's backstory, Priscilla starts as the new number 2, and is intent on capturing the rogue number 1, Teresa, who is also Claire's mentor and a mother figure to her. Priscilla is so powerful that Teresa has to tap into her youkai - a kind of demonic energy - in order to fight her. When Teresa lets her guard down, Priscilla cuts off her hands and head, and turns into a giant purple monster with a craving for guts, though she can also disguise herself as an ordinary human girl. Claire becomes a Claymore after having Teresa's head implanted in her body and swears revenge on Priscilla, and spends much of the story tracking her down.
From Quiz: Female of the Species
Answer: Cowboy Bebop
In the future, space bounty hunters are called cowboys. The series follows a disparate team of them, who travel in their ship called "Bebop". Jet's specialty dish is beef and bell peppers. Spike's last word in the show is "Bang."
From Quiz: More Anime Summaries in Four Words
Answer: Two
Two people who are believed to be the greatest couple at any of the three sister schools become the Etoile.
From Quiz: Yuri Anime
Answer: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Haruhi has the ability to alter her environment and recreate the world, which could make her a goddess of sorts. The episodes can be watched two ways: broadcast order, which are out of linear order, and chronological order.
From Quiz: Anime Series Summaries in Four Words
Answer: X TV
Sorata and Arashi are both Dragons of Heaven. According to prophecy, Sorata would die for a woman and shortly after meeting Arashi, he decides that she would be the one. Arashi, however, does not want Sorata to die and so joins the Dragons of Earth in hopes of preventing the prophecy from coming true. Her hopes are in vain, though, as Sorata dies while protecting her from Fuma.
From Quiz: Anime Couples
Answer: Yusuke
Yusuke Urameshi is the main character in "Yu Yu Hakusho." He was hit by a car in the first episode, but then was allowed to come back to life if he would be the spirit detective of Earth, employed by Koenma, the ruler of Spirit World, who looks like a toddler. Later on in the series, he is killed by Sensui, but comes back to life as a demon from the power of his ancestor, Raizen.
From Quiz: A Mixture of Awesome Anime Characters
Answer: They stowed away aboard the space train
The plot had an adventurous beginning, but a tragic ending. When the train was attacked by a strange ship, Yuuki had to save the train by moving everyone else to the rear cars, then detaching his own vehicle and piloting it directly into the alien craft. The kids and passengers were saved; Yuuki did not survive the impact.
From Quiz: Animé of the 1970s-2000s
Answer: South Park
"Fooly Cooly" is nothing like "South Park". In "Fooly Cooly", a kid named Naota gets hit by a motorcycle and a huge bump. Next, things start to come out of his head! This show's strange, but still entertaining.
From Quiz: Anime Mania
Answer: "Azumanga Daioh"
The character in question is Tomo Takino from "Azumanga Daioh." Tomo is also one of the three girls who makes up "The Knuckleheads," a group of her not-so-intelligent friends. The other two Knuckleheads are Kagura and Osaka. The other three animes were random titles I picked up.
From Quiz: Anime Hyper Girls
Answer: table
Akane hit Ranma (who was a girl at the time) with a table because she said, "I'm better built, to boot."
From Quiz: Anime Mix
Answer: "For Real"
"For Real" actually starts with the second verse as the opening. It is by Hidenori Tokuyama.
From Quiz: Anime Theme Songs
Answer: Tange Sakura
The other voice actors play Kero-chan (Hisakawa Aya), Tomoyo (Iwao Junko), and Meilin (Nogami Yukana).
From Quiz: Anime Seiyuu Quiz I
Answer: Dual!: Parallel Trouble Adventure
The Rara Army is an organization bent on world domination. One of the leaders of the Rara Army, known as Dr. Rara, is the chief rival of Commander Ken Sanada, who is one of the protagonists.
From Quiz: Anime Antagonists
Answer: Yasashisa no Tane
"Yasashisa no Tane" contains two verses and Tomoyo sang it for Sakura with Eriol Hiiragizawa at the piano. Eriol cast a spell in the piano while Sakura was concentrating on Tomoyo's song. It is also my personal favorite :-)
From Quiz: Knowledge in Animé
Answer: Saffron Henderson
The clue was designed to throw you. Noin was a woman while the questions says she voiced mostly male characters. Ms. Henderson is also an accomplished singer, appearing mostly on children's songs.
From Quiz: Voice Actors and their roles, part II: Anime
Answer: Hoe?
Notice how Sakura from "Cardcaptors Sakura" says 'hoe' so often, even though it's not a word. :D
From Quiz: Original Anime Quiz
Answer: Davis, Digimon
Davis said this to explain to the other Digidestined why he got a detention and was late to go to the Digital World.
From Quiz: Anime Quotes Quiz
Answer: Dilandau
Dilandau turns out to be Allen's long lost sister.
From Quiz: Boy or Girl?
Answer: Bartender
Ryu, the bartender, is called the Glass of the Gods because he has a knack for mixing the right drink to help his patrons with the problems they've told him about. Slow jazz fills the soundtrack and supports the mellow tone. The end of each episode provides the recipe for the featured drink, including Margarita, Grasshopper, and Amber Dream.
From Quiz: Iyashikei: The Healing Genre
Answer: Mami Tomoe
Mami Tomoe is slightly older than Madoka and her friend Sayaka, and rescues them from a Witch in the first episode. She seems to have it all - she's experienced, calm and collected, a talented fighter and even has her own theme tune - but is deeply lonely and unhappy as her parents were killed in a car crash. She initially acts as a mentor to Madoka and Sayaka, who aspires to be like her. She restrains Homura Akemi with her ribbons while fighting the Witch Charlotte, but fights more recklessly than usual and ends up getting her head bitten off, before Charlotte eats her body in front of a horrified Madoka and Sayaka. Homura, now freed, kills Charlotte and retrieves a Grief Seed, and warns Madoka and Sayaka that this is the reality of being a Magical Girl. In a past timeline, Mami went mad with despair after Sayaka turned into a Witch, killed Kyouko Sakura - her former partner - and tried to kill Homura, and Madoka had to shoot her Soul Gem to stop her.
From Quiz: Madoka, Usagi and Sakura
Answer: Mushishi
Ginko, a Mushi Master, travels a land resembling Meiji Japan. Various creatures, which are are neither living nor dead, good nor evil, are called Mushi. Most people can't see them. Nevertheless, Mushi often have adverse effects on humans, like causing deafness, making one's dreams come true, stealing memories, or throwing a person's life into an infinitely-repeating loop. Ginko would rather not kill the creatures and instead tries to find ways to make the Mushi leave a person alone. A straight translation of the title is "Bugmaster". The show, based on a manga series, is also rendered "Mushi-Shi".
From Quiz: More Anime Summaries in Four Words
Answer: Panther Claw
Panther Claw consist of two sisters, Panther Zora and Sister Jill. Honey Kisaragi is actually an android; her 'father' is her creator, and planted a magical device within her body which enables her to transform. Over the series, Panther Claw plot to steal this device to use for their own ends. Many of their android underlings in the 1973 anime have the words 'claw' or 'panther' in their names (such as Tarantula Panther, Dynamite Claw or Blade Panther).
Over the years, there have been several different versions of 'Cutey Honey': manga, live-action, drama CDs and OVAs. The anime debuted in 1973. Although there are differences between the versions, Honey generally has red or pink hair, and can transform into different forms, such as a rock star named Misty Honey, a model named Fancy Honey, and the sword-wielding warrior Cutey Honey.
As for the other answers, anime fans might recognise them: Akatsuki appear in 'Naruto', Raven Tail are from 'Fairy Tail', and Super High School Level Despair are from the video game-turned-anime 'Dangan Ronpa'.
From Quiz: The Magical Girls of the Anime World
Answer: Amane
Amane is called the "prince" because she has short boyish hair and rides a white horse named Starbright.
From Quiz: Yuri Anime
Answer: Kino's Journey
Kino is a teenaged girl who tours the world on her talking motorcycle, experiencing the lives and cultures of different places. She doesn't consider herself a boy or a girl, a child or an adult; she's a traveler. And she's very good with a Colt revolver.
From Quiz: Anime Series Summaries in Four Words
Answer: Chise
Chise was able to get this because she's in the military. She's not a troop, but a weapon. Inside of her are bombs and missles, so she's really not 100% human!
From Quiz: Anime Mania
Answer: 2
Both episodes one and six have one manga-like scene. Did you know "Fooly Cooly" had only six episodes?
From Quiz: Anime Showdown
Answer: Yuri
Yuri is from "Galaxy Fraulein Yuna". Lina is from "Slayers", Usagi is from "Sailor Moon", and A-ko is from "Project A-ko." While the other three possible answers are very hungry, often hyper anime girls, only Yuri is an android.
From Quiz: Anime Hyper Girls
Answer: Ueda Yuuji
Ueda Yuugi is also the voice for Sagara Sanosuke ("Rurouni Kenshin") and Tenkawa Akito ("Nadesico").
From Quiz: Anime Seiyuu Quiz I
Answer: The Principality of Zeon
The main antagonistic organization from "Mobile Suit Gundam", Garma Zabi is the fourth son of Zeon ruler Degwin Zabi. He is placed in charge of the Earth Attack Force under supervision by his older sister Kycilia.
From Quiz: Anime Antagonists
Answer: Gundam Wing
The song "Just Communication" is sang by "TWO-MIX". It is the first opening song for "GW".
From Quiz: Knowledge in Animé
Answer: Hack
Ok..."ReBoot" isn't anime. But, almost all of the actors on the show have done anime. Cut me some slack, alright! Sheesh!
From Quiz: Voice Actors and their roles, part II: Anime
Answer: none
Before Shinji, from "Evangelion" was born, his father said to his mother that if the baby was a boy, it'll be called Shinji, and will be called Rei if it was a girl.
From Quiz: Original Anime Quiz
Answer: Arisu, Serial Experiments Lain
From Quiz: Anime Quotes Quiz
Answer: Zoycite
Personally, I think that Zoycite has the most annoying dub voice in the series.
From Quiz: Boy or Girl?
Answer: A man stalking campers
As iyashikei, the series aims to induce a calming effect. A plotline involving a stalker or serial killer would be a great betrayal of the genre. Middle school girls form a camping club and spend their time researching supplies, earning money to buy supplies, learning camping safety, and, of course, camping, whether alone or in groups. Other tense, nail-biting issues include choosing what type of tent to buy, finding alternate campsites when learning that certain sites are closed in winter, making a new meal after ruining rice, and finding an alternate driver when the adult chaperone forgets and drinks beer. It also shows the importance of friendship while not discounting the validity of introversion, as Shimarin, an introvert, learns to enjoy group camping, yet needs to be alone sometimes.
From Quiz: Iyashikei: The Healing Genre
Answer: Syaoran Li
The plot of 'Cardcaptor Sakura' kicks off when Sakura Kinamoto accidentally releases a set of magical cards from a book created by the sorcerer Clow Reed. Syaoran, who comes from Hong Kong, is a descendant of Clow Reed and is also looking for the Clow Cards. He believes that he is entitled to them as a descendant of Clow Reed. Although he and Sakura butt heads at first, and he calls Sakura a weakling, they later become allies and Syaoran helps her in her search. Sakura becomes the master of the Clow Cards, which she turns into Sakura Cards, although she gives them to Syaoran in the sequel when she gets the Clear Cards. He confesses his love to Sakura and returns to Hong Kong, but comes back to Japan two years later.
From Quiz: Madoka, Usagi and Sakura
Answer: Mikoto Misaka
Mikoto Misaka is a lightning esper who also happens to be a tsundere (Hot-headed and hostile whilst gradually softening as time goes on). She gets called "Biribiri" which means "shocker" in Japanese by Kamijou Touma. Index is a character that the story is heavily based upon as well as Accelerator, who happens to be the top esper in Academy City. Kuroko is Mikoto's best friend and also loves her very affectionately.
From Quiz: Are You Confident in Your Anime Knowledge?
Answer: Toradora!
"Toradora!" is a 2008 romantic comedy that sees two polar opposites bond over time in their final years in high school. On one side, there's Ryuji Takasu, a tall, insecure and soft spoken young man who is constantly mistaken for a delinquent due to his fierce looking face. On the other side, is Taiga Aisaka, a diminutive, intimidating yet klutzy girl who is not afraid to throw a chair or a punch onto anyone, including the much taller Ryuji.
After an accident where she reveals her crush on Ryuji's best friend whilst Ryuji reveals his crush on Taiga's best friend, they made a tenuous deal to help each other hook up with their respective crushes, with disastrously hilarious consequences and some high school emotional drama thrown in.
From Quiz: Anime Grab Bag
