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A Christmas Quiz -- Part 12
8 years ago
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This is the last of the 12 Quizzes of Christmas.
Subject -- Anime!
1.) What is the name of the very first Japanese anime show shown on tv to a domestic audience? The year was 1960, the venue was black and white and most of the directors you've never heard of.
2.)"Astro Boy" (aka "Mighty Atom") was created Osamu Tezuka. The character first appeared in manga from 1952 to 1968. He then appeared in a black and white venue in the 1960s and was remade, in full color, in the 1980s. Most people know the backstory of the boy-robot, who was created to replace the son of the inventor who had died, in most cases, in a traffic accident. Astro Boy was later rejected by his creator and discarded. He eventually came into the possession of a scientist named (in the English version) Dr Elephun because of his big nose. At that point, the robot was transformed into a superhero with seven super powers. What were those super powers?
3.) In "My Neighbor Totoro", Mei (the younger sister) mispronounces Totoro's name. What is is that name supposed to be?
4.) "Star Wars" was eclipsed by an anime movie in its first theater release in Japan. What anime movie was this? (Hint: It was also a scifi flick.)
5.) Hayao Miyazaki had a personal quirk when it came to making his movies and it is the kind of quirk that would scare most producers/investors to death. Because he was Miyazaki, he got away with it, but almost no one else could. What quirk was this?
6.) Because of various legal actions initiated by Maurice leBlanc's estate, the character of Lupin III could not be called "Lupin" in countries outside Japan, leading to some rather ridiculous aliases, like "Rupan", Because of this legal wrangling, the first Lupin III video game released in the early 70s went by a different name altogether. What was that name? And where did the video game get most of its visual imagery?
Anyway, this concludes my 12 Quizzes of Christmas. Merry Christmas and of course I'll publish the answers tomorrow evening.
Subject -- Anime!
1.) What is the name of the very first Japanese anime show shown on tv to a domestic audience? The year was 1960, the venue was black and white and most of the directors you've never heard of.
2.)"Astro Boy" (aka "Mighty Atom") was created Osamu Tezuka. The character first appeared in manga from 1952 to 1968. He then appeared in a black and white venue in the 1960s and was remade, in full color, in the 1980s. Most people know the backstory of the boy-robot, who was created to replace the son of the inventor who had died, in most cases, in a traffic accident. Astro Boy was later rejected by his creator and discarded. He eventually came into the possession of a scientist named (in the English version) Dr Elephun because of his big nose. At that point, the robot was transformed into a superhero with seven super powers. What were those super powers?
3.) In "My Neighbor Totoro", Mei (the younger sister) mispronounces Totoro's name. What is is that name supposed to be?
4.) "Star Wars" was eclipsed by an anime movie in its first theater release in Japan. What anime movie was this? (Hint: It was also a scifi flick.)
5.) Hayao Miyazaki had a personal quirk when it came to making his movies and it is the kind of quirk that would scare most producers/investors to death. Because he was Miyazaki, he got away with it, but almost no one else could. What quirk was this?
6.) Because of various legal actions initiated by Maurice leBlanc's estate, the character of Lupin III could not be called "Lupin" in countries outside Japan, leading to some rather ridiculous aliases, like "Rupan", Because of this legal wrangling, the first Lupin III video game released in the early 70s went by a different name altogether. What was that name? And where did the video game get most of its visual imagery?
Anyway, this concludes my 12 Quizzes of Christmas. Merry Christmas and of course I'll publish the answers tomorrow evening.
2> 100K horsepower strength, Jet flight, High intensity lights in his eyes, Adjustable hearing, Instant language translation, a retractable machine gun in his hips, and a high IQ capable of determining if a person is good or evil.
3> Torooru, meaning troll in Japanese.
4> Space Battleship Yamato.
5> Not 100% sure, but likely his tendency of not pitting the hero of the piece against an unsympathetic antagonist.
6> Might be Cliff Hanger, but it was released in 1983, and used footage from Mystery of Mamo and The Castle of Cagliostro.
(And let's not mention the 'accidental' choice of the color of Nausicaa's pants being so close to her skin color...)
1. I thought it was either Minky Momo or Prince Planet as the first actually shown in the US.
6. Cliff Hanger
The Japanese really loved those movies, and the second season of that show. The original was..not as successfull, and the third was a cl*ster f*ck all around for many reasons (most involving it having been cut from 50 episodes to 25)