Inspired by the soaring popularity of anime and the trivia sensation "You Don't Know Jack," the new Anime Trivia Quizbook series is a feast of challenging puzzlers to keep fans guessing and groaning. This first volume starts easy and goes insane, with 500 brain-popping questions and answers covering all the major genres- from giant robots and space aliens to silent samurai and giggly girls. With sidebars and tons of the weird stuff that anime fans can't get enough of, it's great for clubs and the perfect gift for any would-be expert. Categories include Puffball, Shonen and Shojo (boys' and girls' anime), Video Games, Romance, SF and Mecha, Anime Math Teasers, Gender-benders, and Voice Actors. There are special Speed Rounds for gutsy battleplay. Dozens of anime are represented here too, from Ai no Kusabi and Azure Dreams to Gekiganer and Idol Project, from Princess Mononoke and Pokemon to Zetsuai. Plus a scoring chart, picture puzzlers, and more!
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Attention all otakus! Check out other great anime books from Stone Bridge Press, including Fred Schodt's classic DREAMLAND JAPAN: WRITINGS ON MODERN MANGA, Helen McCarthy's HAYAO MIYAZAKI: MASTER OF JAPANESE ANIMATION, and Gilles Poitras's THE ANIME COMPANION: WHAT'S JAPANESE IN JAPANESE ANIMATION and ANIME ESSENTIALS.
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Ryan Omega is author of the first Anime Trivia Quizbook and host of the quiz show at the anime convention Fanimecon. He works as a merchandiser for a Bay Area Internet company specializing in anime products.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Hours of Hysterical, Fangirl (or fanboy) fun for all!,
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This review is from: Anime Trivia Quizbook: Episode 1: From Easy to Otaku Obscure (Anime Trivia Quizbooks) (Paperback)
I was going to take this book to a party with my friends, but I missed the party because I was laughing so hard reading it! I was skeptical at first of the subtitle, "From Easy To Otaku Obscure," I thought, "Pshaw, what Sailormoon and Dragonball Z trivia probably." But no! It was a pleasant surprise to find references to lesser-known anime series' such as the Legend of Basara and Weiss Kruez, two of my personal favorites. I loved the Games section, Japanese anime-style RPG and fighting games are highly underappreciated in Western literature about contemporary Japan. When I met the author at a local bookstore, we had fantastic discussions about everything from the cultural and social implications in Final Fantasy to male and female sexuality in anime. It's refreshing to meet another anime otaku who has the brainpower left to discuss things intelligently. Everyone, including the smallest Pokemon fan to the otaku who's been watching anime since Astro Boy, should buy this book!
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The Ultimate Answer To The Anime Questioner!,
This review is from: Anime Trivia Quizbook: Episode 1: From Easy to Otaku Obscure (Anime Trivia Quizbooks) (Paperback)
For those of us who like details, this book certainly questioned most of them. A very humorous book with comments for even the wrong answers, and a great guide for whether or not you are just starting anime or have become very obsessed with it. A variety of topics include romance, math, sci-fi, merchandise, etc. I can't get enough of this book! It contains all the current anime and puts your brain to work, but if you don't feel like doing that, the answers are easily accessible. A well-worth buy.
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A "must" for all dedicated anime fans everywhere!,
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This review is from: Anime Trivia Quizbook: Episode 1: From Easy to Otaku Obscure (Anime Trivia Quizbooks) (Paperback)
Japanese animated movies, called "anime", have received wide popular attention with the American movie-going public, and have long had an enthusiastic following among film buffs and students of Japanese popular culture. In the Anime Trivia Quizbook, Ryan Omega offers more than 400 questions that range from the very easy to the very difficult. Fortunately, he also provides the answers. The Q & A covers all the major anima genres, from giant robots and space aliens to silent samurai and "fan service" girls. From Ah My Goddess to Zetsuai and all the anime epics in between, Anime Trivia Quizbook is enhanced with sidebars, cells, and more! This is a "must" for all dedicated anime fans everywhere!
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These are the easy questions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
battle outfit, pound gospel, anime fan, anime series, anime characters, shirt number, speed round, picture puzzle, voice actors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Astro Boy, Hello Kitty, Princess Mononoke, Gundam Wing, Tokyo Babylon, Marmalade Boy, Poltergeist Report, Tokyo Tower, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Fatal Fury, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Uranus, Sorcerer Hunters, Maison Ikkoku, Sailor Jupiter, United States, Card Captor Sakura, Child's Toy, Haunted Junction, Lina Inverse, Lynn Minmei, Miss Macross New!
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These are the easy questions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
battle outfit, pound gospel, anime fan, anime series, anime characters, shirt number, speed round, picture puzzle, voice actors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy, Street Fighter, Astro Boy, Hello Kitty, Princess Mononoke, Gundam Wing, Tokyo Babylon, Marmalade Boy, Poltergeist Report, Tokyo Tower, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Fatal Fury, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Uranus, Sorcerer Hunters, Maison Ikkoku, Sailor Jupiter, United States, Card Captor Sakura, Child's Toy, Haunted Junction, Lina Inverse, Lynn Minmei, Miss Macross New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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