Anime & Manga Kentei

Five questions per round (ten for dan ranks). Start from any rank, any time. Questions you have not seen come first, and every answer shows the line from the source it is based on.

5 questions per round (10 for dan) Kyu: 4 of 5 to pass · Dan: 9 of 10 Results shown only to you (no leaderboard)

Kentei quiz questions are currently available only in Japanese.

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Kyu levels (10 to 1)

10th Kyu Titles, heroes and creators everyone knows 4 of 5 correct to pass

9th Kyu Creators, manga or anime, magazines 4 of 5 correct to pass

8th Kyu Decades, major studios and publishers 4 of 5 correct to pass

7th Kyu Magazines, imprints, main characters 4 of 5 correct to pass

6th Kyu Directors, composers, original creators 4 of 5 correct to pass

5th Kyu Release, broadcast and serialization years 4 of 5 correct to pass

4th Kyu Studios, publishers, adaptations 4 of 5 correct to pass

3rd Kyu Terms and history 4 of 5 correct to pass

2nd Kyu Comparisons: which came first, same creator 4 of 5 correct to pass

1st Kyu Awards and finer points of history 4 of 5 correct to pass

Dan levels (1st to 8th)

1st Dan Questions that connect two or more facts 9 of 10 correct to pass

2nd Dan 4 choices: director × year × studio 9 of 10 correct to pass

3rd Dan 4 choices, hardest: deep facts of history and production 9 of 10 correct to pass

4th Dan 4 choices: anime and manga terms 9 of 10 correct to pass

5th Dan 4 choices: characters (names, affiliations, abilities) 9 of 10 correct to pass

6th Dan 4 choices: well-known events from early to mid story 9 of 10 correct to pass

7th Dan 4 choices: origins of terms and relationships between characters 9 of 10 correct to pass

8th Dan 4 choices, hardest: fine details of terms, characters and events 9 of 10 correct to pass

Every question is based on primary sources such as official sites, publishers, studios and public institutions (for questions on terms, also the Japanese Wikipedia), and is re-checked against the source by a second reviewer before it is used. You can open the source page when reviewing your answers.