[For Seniors] Nationally Beloved and Popular Anime Quiz: Get excited with famous characters and iconic catchphrases

Kiki

The protagonist of Kiki’s Delivery Service is a 13-year-old girl named Kiki. The story follows her as she moves to a new town for her training and starts a delivery service using her witch’s powers. Alongside her black cat companion, Jiji, she goes through various experiences and forms heartfelt connections with people. Kiki is a beloved character, and the film is one of Studio Ghibli’s signature works.

Odoru Pompokorin

They’re all smash-hit anime songs, so you’ve probably heard them many times in lots of places, right? Among these three tracks, the one with the highest CD sales was Odoru Pompokolin, the theme song for the anime Chibi Maruko-chan. It was originally sung by B.B. Queens, and since then many artists—such as Kaela Kimura and Momoiro Clover Z—have performed it.

rock-paper-scissors

Many of you might have done this before! It’s the famous segment where, after the preview for next week’s episode of the anime Sazae-san—which airs every Sunday at 6:30 p.m.—you play rock-paper-scissors with Sazae-san.

Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka, known as the “God of Manga,” created numerous masterpieces. Even as the eras have shifted from Showa to Heisei and Reiwa, his works are all timeless classics that will continue to be read long into the future.

dorayaki (Japanese red-bean pancake)

Doraemon, a cat-shaped robot who came from the future, loves dorayaki. There’s a behind-the-scenes story that this trait was set because the creators, Fujiko Fujio, also liked dorayaki.

Inspector Zenigata

Inspector Zenigata, whose full name is Koichi Zenigata, always lets Lupin and his gang slip away when he’s just a little short of catching them. He’s a beloved, iconic character whom the Lupin crew affectionately—if a bit cheekily—call “Pops.”

6 people

It was a six-member family consisting of the protagonist Maruko, her older sister, her father, her mother, her grandfather, and her grandmother. It’s an anime where you can enjoy the heartwarming stories of the whole family, like the easygoing character of her father, Hiroshi, and the “Tomozō’s Heart Haiku” recited by her grandfather, who dotes on Maruko.