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What is shōnen manga?

a) Manga created primarily for adult men

b) Manga created primarily for girls

c) Manga created primarily for boys

d) Manga created primarily for adult women

e) Manga created primarily for young children

c

What is josei manga?

a) Manga created primarily for boys

b) Manga created primarily for adult women

c) Manga created primarily for girls

d) Manga created primarily for young children

e) Manga created primarily for adult men

b

What is jidō manga?

a) Manga created primarily for adult women

b) Manga created primarily for boys

c) Manga created primarily for girls

d) Manga created primarily for adult men

e) Manga created primarily for young children

e

What is shōjo manga?

a) Manga created primarily for adult men

b) Manga created primarily for young children

c) Manga created primarily for boys

d) Manga created primarily for girls

e) Manga created primarily for adult women

d

What is seinen manga?

a) Manga created primarily for adult men

b) Manga created primarily for girls

c) Manga created primarily for young children

d) Manga created primarily for boys

e) Manga created primarily for adult women

a

According to the article, what characteristics of manga allows the reader to "sustain interest for several dozen volumes"?

a) The Japanese model is of self-denial and the sublimation of selfish desires for the sake of group harmony.

b) Japanese comics occupying ever-greater shelf space in bookstores.

c) The "soft power" possibilities of the country's artistic prowess

d) The sense of familiarity and ambiguity.

d

What is the title of the longest running girl's manga in Japan cited in this article?

a) Yotsubato

b) Glass Mask

c) Sailor Moon

d) Fruits Basket

b

About how many years has this longest running girl's manga series run as of the date of the article? Type in a number.

Over [x] years.

30

How does this article describe the way Japanese culture influences others, as opposed to how the US culture does? Japanese culture.....

a) skirts down issues.

b) seeps under the door.

c) is the leader of the pack.

d) bashes down doors.

b

What is the critical relationship between Studio Ghibli and Toei Doga?

a) Toei Doga founders were all trained at Studio Ghibli.

b) Original Toei Doga founders later founded Studio Ghibli.

c) Original Studio Ghibli founders later founded Toei Doga.

d) Studio Ghibli founders were all trained at Toei Doga.

d

According to the author of Anipages Daily on Toei Doga, which one of Toei Doga's works is the best one?

a) Little Norse Prince (太陽の王子 ホルスの大冒険 / Taiyo no oji horusu no daiboken)

b) The Littlest Warrior (安寿と厨子王丸 / Anju to zushiomaru)

c) Jack and the Witch (少年ジャックと魔法使い / Shonen jakku to mahotsukai)

d) Panda and the Magic Serpent (白蛇伝 / Hakujaden)

e) Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (ガリバーの宇宙旅行 / Garibaa no uchu ryoko)

f) Kitty's Graffiti (こねこのらくがき / Koneko no Rakugaki

g) Taro the Dragon Boy (龍の子太郎 / Tatsu no ko taro)

h) Doggie March (わんわん忠臣蔵 / Wan wan chushingura)

i) Puss 'n Boots (長靴をはいた猫 / Nagagutsu wo haita neko)

a

Read the short descriptions of theaters in Japan. Select the four best descriptions that apply to Kabuki, roughly corresponding to the descriptions in the lesson content.

a) Both male and female performers

b) Started after Meiji Restoration of mid-19th century.

c) Stories are taken from Japan and other countries from different time periods.

d) All male performers

e) Accompanying music is typically in the modern international style.

f) Accompanying music is typically in the traditional Japanese style.

g) Primarily focuses on traditional Japanese stories, especially (but not strictly limited to) during the samurai era

h) Started before Meiji Restoration of mid-19th century.

i) All female performers

b, d, f, g, h, i

What is Takarazuka theater well known for ? . Check all that apply.

a) Japanese historical subjects

b) spectacular dances

c) science fiction themes

d) acceptance and encouragement of free lifestyles of their performers during their career to foster their creativity.

e) All female performers

f) romantic subjects

g) western fairy tales

h) elaborate costumes

i) deep philosophical dialogue dependent scripts

b, e, f, g, h

Check all the works that involve gender bending as their main premise throughout the series.

a) Torikaebaya Monogatari

b) Attack on Titan

c) Demon Slayer

d) Roses of Verseille

e) Ranma 1/2

f) Princess Knight

g) The Inner Chamber

a, d, e, f, g

Takarazuka is the hometown for

a) Osamu Tezuka

b) Hayao Miyazaki

c) Makoto Shinkai

d) Kenzo Masaoka

a

Which was the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind?

a) The Princess Knight

b) Phoenix

c) The Princess Who loved Insects

d) Torikaebaya Monogatari

e) Taketori Monogatari

c

What is the city of Takarazuka is famous for?

a) Ghibli Museum

b) The setting for one of Makoto Shinkai's anime

c) Hot springs

d) Takarazuka theater

e) The biggest fish market in Japan

c, d

Princess knight is about

a) A knight who dresses up as a princess.

b) A princess who dresses up as a knight.

c) A knight who searches for a princess.

d) A beautiful knight who is often mistaken for a noble woman.

b

Rose of Versailles is about

a) A romantic comedy at a florist .

b) A tale of a horticultural scientist

c) A warrior during the Wars of the Roses.

d) French Revolution

d

Select one work by Tazuka that shows Takarazuka's influence on Tezuka.

a) Phoenix

b) Princess-Knight

c) Demon Slayer

d) your name.

e) Revolutionary Girl Utena

b

The revolutionary material produced in ____ by the "Year 24 Group", the first major wave of women mangaka, was a culmination of aesthetic and thematic developments of the previous 50 years.

1970s

Which of the following DOES NOT describe shojo shosetsu?:

a) Focused on heterosexual romance

b) Highly formulaic and didactic

c) Could express rebellion against the proscribed role of girls in Japanese society while ostensibly supporting it.

d) The main vehicles for popular culture designed for adolescent girls before World War II

e) Reinforced prevailing notions of proper feminine roles and characteristic in Japanese society

a

In the assigned article, which mangaka was described as bringing a dreamy, lyric style of art to the shojo manga medium, developing comics-specific narrative techniques that grew from the delicate, emotion-driven content of shojo literature?

a) Macoto Takahashi

b) Yumeji Takehisa

c) Leiji Matsumoto

d) Osamu Tezuka

a

In the assigned article, who is specifically credited as an important figure "in the development of the archetypal shōjo approach to page layout, often emphasizing feelings and atmosphere over forward-driving narrative"?

a) Miyako Maki

b) Yumeji Takehisa

c) Osamu Tezuka

d) Leiji Matsumoto

a

According to the assigned article, one of the most frequently cited works in shojo manga studies is:

a) Moon Night, Starry Dawn

b) Where is my place in the world?

c) Kimi ni Todoke

d) The Rose of Versailles

b

According to Fujimoto, shojo manga represents girl reader's fear of...

a) uncertainty

b) loneliness

c) sexuality

d) future

c

On the topic of cross-dressing, Oshiyama argues that male attire indicates the female character is _________, while female dress suggest she is __________________.

liberated and active, oppressed and passive

The history of ________ manga may correspond to the history of shojo manga itself.

a) gender-bender

b) Sci-Fi

c) orphan

d) ballet

d

What was the name of shojo manga magazine with unbroken sales record of 1.17 million copies in 1969?

a) Shukan Margaret

b) Hana to Yume

c) Shojo Jump

d) Princess

a

Most classic shojo manga before the mid-late 1970s were:

a) collected into hardcover books for girls to cherish for a long time.

b) reused for later shojo manga and anime.

c) never collected into trade paperback unless they were highly popular.

d) always collected into trade paperback as soon as they were published in the magazine.

c

Osamu Tezuka is called ________ .

God of Manga

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese

a) animator

b) songwriter

c) producer

d) director

e) manga artist

f) inker

g) medical doctor

h) singer

i) writer

j) screenwriter

k) lawyer

l) politician

a, c, d, e, f, g, i, j

What is Osamu Tezuka's Star System?

a) Tezuka's policy of how to handle competitors and their works.

b) The promotion and motivation method Tezuka used at his animation studio.

c) A cast of recurring characters across different stories.

d) Tezuka's system for promising manga/anime artists.

c

How many manga stories did Tezuka create in his life time?

700

Which is Tezuka's science fiction manga in 1949 that was adapted into an anime and was released in 2001?

a) Jungle Emperor

b) Tetsuwan Atomu

c) Phoenix

d) Shin Takara Jima

e) "Maachan no nikki-cho" (Diary of Maachan).

f) Black Jack

g) Metropolis

g

What are Tezuka's themes?

a) transformation

b) environmentalism

c) reincarnation

d) technology

e) fighting

f) tolerance

g) sport

h) progress

a, b, c, d, f, h

How many pages of manga did Tezuka create in his life time?

150,000

How many anime did Tezuka create in his life time?

60

Which is the manga Tezuka made his professional debut in 1946?

a) Black Jack

b) Phoenix

c) "Maachan no nikki-cho" (Diary of Maachan).

d) Jungle Emperor

e) Tetsuwan Atomu

f) Metropolis

g) Shin Takara Jima

c

Which 12-book series did Tezuka consider as his life's work?

a) Metropolis

b) Tetsuwan Atomu

c) Shin Takara Jima

d) "Maachan no nikki-cho" (Diary of Maachan).

e) Jungle Emperor

f) Phoenix

g) Black Jack

f

In 1953, Tezuka moved his residence to _____ where later many young Japanese manga talents started their careers in.

a) Mushi Production Building

b) Ghibli Studio

c) Tezuka House

d) Tokiwa-so

d

Which is Tezuka's first bestseller with 500,000 copies sold?

a) Black Jack

b) Jungle Emperor

c) "Maachan no nikki-cho" (Diary of Maachan).

d) Metropolis

e) Tetsuwan Atomu

f) Shin Takara Jima

g) Phoenix

f

What was Tezuka's last words when he died?

a) Thank you, Lord.

b) I had a good life.

c) I wish if I could treat my illness myself.

d) Did you like my work, honey?

e) I am begging you, let me work.

e

Which is Tezuka's best loved series which expresses Tezuka's ideals of the medical profession?

a) Tetsuwan Atomu

b) Jungle Emperor

c) Black Jack

d) "Maachan no nikki-cho" (Diary of e) Maachan).

f) Metropolis

g) Phoenix

h) Shin Takara Jima

c

A Tezuka in English articleLinks to an external site. states that Osamu Tezuka was instrumental in developing/creating the following genre(s) of manga. Check all that apply.

a) seinen

b) shōjo

c) sex education

d) historical super-natural thriller

e) cutting-edge and avant-garde series

f) social issues

g) sports

h) medical thriller

i) shōnen

a, b, c, d, e, f, h, i

A Tezuka in English articleLinks to an external site.states that Tezuka, over the course of his career, delved into animation for:

a) more financial success.

b) overseas distribution

c) compliance with government regulations

d) more adult audiences.

d

A Tezuka in English pageLinks to an external site. has a quote from Tezuka's obituary in Asahi Shinbun on Februrary 10, 1989, the day after his death. In it, it discussed the popularity of manga in Japan, in comparison to other nations . The article stated one explanation was that:

a) Japan was ahead of the curve in terms of entertainment trends.

b) Japanese people enjoy cuteness and appreciates children's entertainment way into adulthood.

c) Tezuka did not allow importation of American comics into the Japanese market.

d) Literary traditions of other nations were incompatible with comic formats.

e) Japan had Osamu Tezuka, whereas other nations did not.

f) Comics in other nations only targeted specific audience.

e

Fill in the blank with the best phrase.

A Tezuka in EnglishLinks to an external site. articleLinks to an external site. states that Tezuka is best-known as the man responsible for ________ the Japanese animation industry

a) holding back

b) kick-starting

c) financially sponsored

d) delayed the start of

b

Check all the correct phrases to complete the sentence.

According to the 2019 Forbes article,Links to an external site. Kyoto Animation is known for:

a) A progressive work environment

b) High-quality production

c) Accurate descriptions of local sceneries

d) Strong industry connections to streaming services

e) An enduring body of work

f) Training voice actors in house

g) A unique style and voice

h) An internationally successful feature film

a, b, e, g, h

Check all the correct phrases to complete the sentence.

Working conditions of animators were very poor:

a) in Japan only because of Tezuka

b) American animation studios developed shortcut techniques to speed up the production process.

c) Japanese anime studios developed shortcut techniques to speed up the production process.

d) in the United States around the time Tezuka started his anime production

e) in Japan before and after Tezuka started anime productions

b, c, d, e

Check all the correct phrases to complete the sentence.

Tezuka's business model partly relied on:

a) his earnings from other manga

b) funding from venture capitalists

c) donation from readers

d) crowdfunding

e) merchandising

a, e

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture.

Millennium Actress also serves as a commentary on the nature of Japanese ___ culture itself.

a) technology

b) religious

c) pop

d) food

c

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture.

One central theme is that of the important role that _____ culture plays in society.

a) court

b) fan

c) food

d) Shinto

b

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture.

Rather than being a pro-Japanese nationalistic work, the film is more concerned with the __________ necessary to form the cultural products that have come to define Japan.

a) image

b) funding

c) production processes

d) talents

c

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture.

Millennium Actress alludes to the idea that the ___ culture of Japan is producing the national culture as well.

a) image

b) collection

c) fan

d) production processs

c

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture.

Kon is more interested in using the _____ of Japanese history to convey certain themes in his movie.

a) images

b) tragedies

c) fans

d) dark side

a

Based on the MUBI articleLinks to an external site., please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to.

Kon had been working on this new film when he passed away. According to an interview, Kon mentioned that "on the surface, it's going to be a fantasy-adventure targeted at younger audiences. However, it will also be a film that people who have seen our films up to this point will be able to enjoy. So it will be an adventure that even older audiences can appreciate. There will be no human characters in the film; only robots. It'll be like a 'road movie' for robots."

a) The Dream Machine

b) Perfect Blue

c) Paranoia Agent

d) Tokyo Godfathers

e) Paprika

f) Millennium Actress

a

Fill in the blank based on the web article Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture Download Distinctly Japanese: Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress and the Nature of Modern Japanese Culture..

Millennium Actress presents a(n) "______" of film homages and famous historical reenactments that, when put together, form a new and original movie.

a) collection

b) fan

c) production process

d) image

a

Based on the MUBI articleLinks to an external site., please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to.

This film was his lone linear narrative, though it too was a complicated story of three homeless people with loaded pasts who discover a baby in the trash on Christmas Eve. These are grown-up features all, ones that use the visual freedom of their medium to inventive, sometimes astonishing effect.

a) The Dream Machine

b) Perfect Blue

c) Paranoia Agent

d) Tokyo Godfathers

e) Paprika

f) Millennium Actress

d

Based on the MUBI article,Links to an external site. please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to. Links to an external site.

This film is another example of his virtuoso storytelling technique as well as an homage to Japanese cinema history.

a) The Dream Machine

b) Perfect Blue

c) Paranoia Agent

d) Tokyo Godfathers

e) Paprika

f) Millennium Actress

f

Based on the MUBI articleLinks to an external site., please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to.

Satoshi Kon also tried dabbling in TV a bit with this short run series which played to some of the themes he's used in movies in the past.

a) The Dream Machine

b) Perfect Blue

c) Paranoia Agent

d) Tokyo Godfathers

e) Paprika

f) Millennium Actress

c

Based on the MUBI articleLinks to an external site., please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to.

With its dazzling storytelling technique and strikingly mature subject matter, this work finally convinced a lot of people that animation might be more than just a children's medium.

a) Paprika

b) Perfect Blue

c) Millennium Actress

d) Paranoia Agent

e) The Dream Machine

f) Tokyo Godfathers

b

Based on the MUBI articleLinks to an external site., please select which work of Satoshi Kon the following description refers to.

As many have argued, Christopher Nolan's Inception owes at least a little something to this work. Based on the futuristic novel by seminal science fiction author Yasutaka Tsutsui, this film is a bold, provocative, mind-bending, and fiercely intelligent expoterm-10sition into the nature of terrorism, the demystification of the subconscious, and the psychology of fetishism and objectification. At one point, a team soon realizes that their quest is also a race against time as the rapidly fusing dreams spiral uncontrollably into a collective delusion that threatens to supplant the 'real' reality with its fantastic and nightmarish incarnation.

a) The Dream Machine

b) Paranoia Agent

c) Millennium Actress

d) Perfect Blue

e) Paprika

f) Tokyo Godfathers

e

The film, Millennium Actress, may not have been received as well to overseas audience because in order to really appreciate and understand the many settings of the film, the viewer should probably have an extensive knowledge of ______, or at least as much as a typical Japanese person would have.

a) Japanese geography

b) Japanese language

c) Japanese food

d) Japanese history

d

Shinto in Japanese means "The Way of Gods".

a) True

b) False

a

A common phrase describing the religious beliefs of Shintoism is that there are __________________ .

eight million gods

According to Shintoism, the kami, or the god, resides in _________.

everything

Check all the forms of worship in Shintoism.

a) Dancing

b) Making music

c) Studying

d) Performing rituals

e) Reciting the holy scripture

a, b, d

Do these written documents exist for Shintoism? Check all that apply.

a) Comprehensive Dogma

b) Scripture

c) Mythology

c

Select the earliest spiritual tradition of Japan.

a) Confucianism

b) Christianity

c) Buddhism

d) Shintoism

d

Select true statement(s) about the State Shintoism.

a) The State Shintoism is based on worship of the emperor as a living god.

b) The State Shintoism is the official religion of Japan today.

c) Hayao Miyazaki made an attempt to return to the original animistic spiritual traditions of Japan before the State Shintoism when he made Spirited Away,

d) The State Shintoism led Japan to several wars and the totalitarian regime controlled by the military.

e) The State Shintoism promoted the unification of the nation for rapid modernization.

f) For the period between Meiji Restoration and the World War II, the Japanese government embarked on major campaigns to indoctrinate its people in the State Shintoism.

a, c, d, e, f

What does "Ghibli" mean?

a) The name of a manga character that both directors liked as children.

b) A reverse-anglicized version of a Japanized version of a Scandinavian word that refers to a mythological figure

c) An acronym used by Italian pilots during the World War II that means "hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert".

d) An acronym made up of the founders' favorite foods.

c

Name the publisher who was involved in founding of Studi Ghibli. ___ Shoten Publishing Company.

Tokuma

What were Totoro's and Firefly's contributions to Ghibli business?

a) Winning awards to establish reputation in the industry

b) Providing full time employment for Ghibli workers.

c) More than expected box-office performance.

d) Character goods generating funds for the company

a, d

The first big box office hit was:

a) Totoro/Firefly

b) Nausicaa the Valley of the Wind

c) Only Yesterday

d) Kiki's Delivery service

d

Porco Rosso's box office peformance in Japan surpassed "Hook" and "Beauty and the Beast".

a) True

b) False

a

Ghibli manages to maintain low production cost compared to other studios thanks to their conscientious management.

a) True

b) False

b

GHIBLI produces their pictures with multinational marketing strategies in mind in order that they may capture the world market.

a) True

b) False

b

Name the city where this talk took place. (A talk by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki and Mr. Moebius (comic artist) (6:04))

a) Moscow

b) New York

c) Berlin

d) Rome

e) Tokyo

f) Los Angeles

g) Saitama

h) Paris

h

Check all that is true about the animation called Arzach, which is mentioned during this talk. (A talk by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki and Mr. Moebius (comic artist) (6:04))

a) Miyazaki was inspired by this work.

b) Miyazaki was shocked by it.

c) It was created in 1975.

d) It was created with Miyazaki.

e) It was inspired by Miyazaki.

f) Miyazaki saw it in 1980.

g) It was created by Mr.Moebius.

h) It is based on Miyazaki's earlier work.

a, b, c, f, g

What was interesting to Mr.Moebius about Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away?

a) The traditional nature of the visual imagery appealed to the modern audience.

b) It shows similarity with the European visual traditions.

c) The producer went along with the scripts and let them happen.

d) The successful blending of the visual elements from the Japanese tradition with the European techniques.

c

Check all that are true, based on this show. (A talk by Mr. Hayao Miyazaki and Mr. Moebius (comic artist) (6:04))

a) Miyazaki's main concern is his audience.

b) Miyazaki intentionally makes happy films.

c) Miyazaki makes what he wants for himself, which in turn entertains the audience.

d) Miyazaki does not see his anime making primarily as a business.

e) Miyazaki deliberately reexamines the formula for children's entertainment.

f) Miyazaki breaks apart from the system in which he operates.

a, b, d, e, f

What is shamisen?

a) A three-string banjo

b) A recorder

c) A horizontal harp

d) shouting

e) drums

a

What is shakuhachi?

a) A horizontal harp

b) drums

c) A recorder

d) shouting

e) A three-string banjo

c

What is taiko?

a) shouting

b) drums

c) A horizontal harp

d) A three-string banjo

e) A recorder

b

What is koto?

a) shouting

b) A horizontal harp

c) A three-string banjo

d) drums

e) A recorder

b

One of the assigned readings cites ___ as the first ninja story.

a) The legend of Prince Yamato

b) The legend of Kagemaru

c) The legend of Kamui

d) The legend of Prince Orochi

a

Select what is NOT a birthplace of the Ninja.

a) Iga

b) Kobe

c) Koga

b

Ninjas were seen as loyal.

a) True

b) False

b

Ninjas were not for hire.

a) True

b) False

b

Ninjas worked as spies.

a) True

b) False

a

Ninjas worked as scouts

a) True

b) False

a

Ninjas worked as commando for guerilla attacks.

a) True

b) False

a

It is a legend that Ninjas worked as assassins.

a) True

b) False

b

Ninjas were experts at infiltrating castles.

a) True

b) False

a

Nightingale floors are trick floors in ninja houses that hide weapons.

a) True

b) False

b

The shogun required everyone in his household to wear trousers that noisily dragged on the floor to protect himself from ninja attacks.

a) True

b) False

a

Ninjas acted as bodyguards for shoguns.

a) True

b) False

a

Ninja had skills that made them look like they had supernatural powers.

a) True

b) False

a

Ninja could become invisible.

a) True

b) False

b