50 Anime Trivia Questions and Answers (Easy to Hard)
Anime · 5 min read · 10/13/2026

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Looking for anime trivia questions? Below are 50 questions with the answers right underneath, split into easy, medium and hard rounds, so you can read them out at a quiz night or test yourself. When you've finished, try the interactive quiz at the bottom or one of our full anime quizzes.
Easy anime trivia questions
- 1. What is the name of Goku's signature energy attack in Dragon Ball? — The Kamehameha.
- 2. Which pirate crew does Monkey D. Luffy captain in One Piece? — The Straw Hat Pirates.
- 3. What village is Naruto Uzumaki from? — Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf Village.
- 4. What type of Pokémon is Pikachu? — Electric.
- 5. In Death Note, what is the name of the student who finds the notebook? — Light Yagami.
- 6. What does Totoro ride in My Neighbor Totoro? — The Catbus.
- 7. What fruit power gives Luffy his stretchy body? — The Gum-Gum Fruit (Gomu Gomu no Mi).
- 8. In Sailor Moon, what is Usagi's cat called? — Luna.
- 9. Which anime features giant humanoid creatures called Titans? — Attack on Titan.
- 10. What is the name of the hero who defeats every enemy with one punch? — Saitama, in One Punch Man.
- 11. What colour is Goku's hair when he first becomes a Super Saiyan? — Golden blond.
- 12. Who is Ash Ketchum's first Pokémon in the anime? — Pikachu.
- 13. In Demon Slayer, what is Tanjiro's sister called? — Nezuko.
- 14. What sport is Haikyu!! about? — Volleyball.
- 15. In Fullmetal Alchemist, which brother lives inside a suit of armour? — Alphonse Elric.
Medium anime trivia questions
- 16. Which Studio Ghibli film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature? — Spirited Away.
- 17. Who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed Princess Mononoke? — Hayao Miyazaki.
- 18. What is the name of the shinigami who drops the Death Note? — Ryuk.
- 19. In Naruto, what creature is sealed inside Naruto? — The Nine-Tailed Fox (Kurama).
- 20. What is the name of the giant robot pilots' organisation in Neon Genesis Evangelion? — NERV.
- 21. In Attack on Titan, what are the three walls called? — Maria, Rose and Sina.
- 22. Which Dragon Ball villain transforms into several forms and destroys Planet Vegeta? — Frieza.
- 23. What is Zoro's fighting style in One Piece? — Three-sword style (Santoryu).
- 24. In My Hero Academia, what is the name of the power All Might passes to Deku? — One For All.
- 25. Which anime follows the Elric brothers' search for the Philosopher's Stone? — Fullmetal Alchemist.
- 26. In Cowboy Bebop, what is the name of the spaceship? — The Bebop.
- 27. What is the name of the bounty hunter dog in Cowboy Bebop? — Ein.
- 28. In Spirited Away, what is the name of the girl who works in the bathhouse? — Chihiro (renamed Sen).
- 29. Which anime is set at the Hunter Exam and stars Gon Freecss? — Hunter x Hunter.
- 30. What is the fusion of Goku and Vegeta using the Potara earrings called? — Vegito.
- 31. In Jujutsu Kaisen, whose finger does Yuji Itadori swallow? — Ryomen Sukuna's.
- 32. Which professor gives Ash his first Pokémon in Kanto? — Professor Oak.
- 33. In Bleach, what is Ichigo Kurosaki's role? — A substitute Soul Reaper.
Hard anime trivia questions
- 34. What was the first anime TV series broadcast in Japan in the weekly half-hour format, debuting in 1963? — Astro Boy (Tetsuwan Atom).
- 35. Who created Astro Boy and is often called the 'god of manga'? — Osamu Tezuka.
- 36. Which 1988 film is widely credited with popularising anime in the West? — Akira.
- 37. What is the name of Light Yagami's alias in Death Note? — Kira.
- 38. In Neon Genesis Evangelion, what is Shinji Ikari's Evangelion unit? — Unit-01.
- 39. What is the name of the mangaka who created One Piece? — Eiichiro Oda.
- 40. Who created Dragon Ball? — Akira Toriyama.
- 41. In Steins;Gate, what everyday appliance becomes a time machine? — A microwave (the PhoneWave).
- 42. What is the full name of the alchemical law in Fullmetal Alchemist? — The Law of Equivalent Exchange.
- 43. Which studio animated Attack on Titan's first three seasons? — Wit Studio.
- 44. In Code Geass, what power does Lelouch receive? — Geass, the power of absolute obedience.
- 45. Which Ghibli film features a moving castle owned by a wizard? — Howl's Moving Castle.
- 46. Which anime's characters use 'Stands' as fighting spirits? — JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- 47. In Naruto, what is Kakashi Hatake's famous eye called? — The Sharingan.
- 48. Who is the creator of Attack on Titan? — Hajime Isayama.
- 49. The Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies is based on a short story by which author? — Akiyuki Nosaka.
- 50. Which studio produced Demon Slayer's anime adaptation? — ufotable.
How to run an anime trivia night
Read the easy round first so everyone scores, then raise the stakes with the medium and hard rounds. Give one point per answer, accept close spellings of Japanese names, and save the hardest questions for a tiebreaker. If you want a ready-made scorekeeper with timers and team scores, open any anime quiz in Party Games mode.
Quick anime trivia check
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Which Studio Ghibli film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature?
Sources & further reading
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