Anime Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: "Heart of Sword"

This song is sung by T.M. Revolution. The name of the main character, Kenshin, means roughly "Heart of Sword".

Answer: "Wolf's Rain"

The opening theme to "Wolf's Rain" is called "Stray". It's sung by Steve Conte. "Wolf's Rain" is a futuristic anime about wolves who masquerade as humans as they search for a legendary sanctuary known only as "Paradise". The ending theme, "Gravity", sung by Maaya Sakamoto, is also sung in English.

Answer: "Naruto"

"Haruka Kanata", translated to "Far-off Distance" is one of my favorite opening themes of all time. It is featured in season two of "Naruto", during the Chuunin exams. This song is sung by Asian Kung-fu Generation.

Answer: Dreamer

Do as Infinity sang the second ending theme, "Fukai Mori" (Deep Forest) and the fifth ending theme, "Shinjitsu no Uta" (Song of Truth). Day After Tomorrow sang "Itazurana Kiss" (Mischievous Kiss), which was the sixth ending theme. Hamasaki Ayumi sang the third ending theme, "Dearest".

The singer of the first ending theme, "My Will", was Dream, not Dreamer. Of all the ending themes, my favorite is "Dearest" or "Fukai Mori".

Answer: Hoeru Miburo

"Hoeru Miburo", translated to "Howling Wolf", is a fitting song for Saitou Hajime, whose nickname is "Mibu no Ookami", or "The Wolf of Mibu". "Hoeru Miburo" is entirely instrumental with one of the key instruments being the haunting sound of a Japanese flute. Another "lupine" melody in "Rurouni Kenshin" is the theme song for Shishio Makoto and his gang, titled "The Last Wolf Suite".

Answer: False

"Yuuhi to Tsuki" isn't a song from an anime at all. It is sung by Kunihiko Yasui and Masahiro Nonaka, the VA's for Iori Yagami and Kyo Kusanagi from the fighting game series "King of Fighters". It's basically an song about their rivalry. "Sore ga Kizuna no Tsuyosa" is the song from "Violinist of Hameln" that is sung by Hameln and Flute (two of the main characters).

Answer: Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara is also the VA for Lina Inverse in "Slayers", which is also what anime this song is from. This singer has sung for more anime than any other j-pop artist.

Answer: Five

Takada Band sings "Carnival Babel", "Exceed Illusion", "Borderless Universe", "The Night Doesn't Sleep", and "Hush-A-Bye Lullaby". They sing the majority of the songs on this CD. Second most is Megumi Hayashibara, then Kotono Mitsuishi.

Answer: "Eternity"

"Infinity", both the original version and the "Red Zone Mix" version are sung by Megumi Hayashibara. "Again" is sung by Kenji Soeda, with the "Once More Mix" being sung by Soichiro Hoshi. "Extrication", both the original version and the "P.G.F. Perfumix" are also sung by Megumi Hayashibara.

Answer: "Raid"

There are two soundtracks for "Hellsing" - "Raid" and "Ruins". The only song found on both CDs is "The World Without Logos", but one is instrumental and one is vocal. "Ruins" is the only CD I've ever seen that warns you about "unexpected sudden noises or sounds".

Answer: Seto Kaiba

Eric Stuart, the VA for Seto Kaiba, is an accomplished singer/songwriter and is also the VA for many other dubbed anime, including his most famous as Brock in "Pokemon".

Answer: 8

The English opening theme begins with a chant mentioning these cards (in order): Wind, Rain, Shadow, Wood, Sword, Thunder, Power, Sleep. There are 52 cards in the Book of Clow, so this isn't even half of them.

Answer: FLCL

A better-known song from this plotless anime is "Ride on Shooting Star", which is the ending theme.

Answer: Duo Maxwell

Seki Toshihiko, the VA for Duo, is the singer of these songs as well as "It's So Alright" and "Kitto OK", which are also image songs for Duo.

Answer: "Hoshi no Koe"

"Hoshi no Koe", or "Voices of a Distant Star", has only one vocal song, which is "Through the Years and Far Away".

Answer: "Cowboy Bebop"

"Aishiteta to nageku ni wa; Amari ni mo toki wa sugi te shimatta" translates to "It's too late to say 'I love you'". This is the beginning of "The Real Folk Blues", which is the ending theme to "Cowboy Bebop". This anime was made popular by Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Answer: "Gundam F91"

"Kimi O Mitsumete" ("The Time I'm Seeing You") is sung by Hiroko Moriguchi. The only other vocal song in "Gundam F91" is "Eternal Wind - Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka" ("Eternal Wind - Smiling inside the Shining Wind").

Answer: "Truth"

This song is sung by Bluem of Youth.

Answer: False

"Little Wing", the opening theme for "Scrapped Princess", is sung by JAM Project featuring Masami Okui. "Daichi no La-Li-La", the ending theme for this anime, was sung by Yoko Ueno and Masumi Ito.

Answer: None of these

The opening theme to "Chrono Crusade" is entirely instrumental. Notable songs by RYTHEM and Naomi Tamura include "Harumonia" (the season two ending to "Naruto") and "Ready GO!" (one of the many themes to the Japanese version of "Pokemon) respectively.