Anime Films Trivia Questions

Spirited Away, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003, the first anime to do so.

Both Studio Ghibli films premiered together in Japanese theaters on April 16, 1988, an unusual pairing of a tragic war story and a lighthearted fantasy.

Akira's production budget of approximately ¥1.1 billion (about $10 million) made it the most expensive anime film at the time of its 1988 release.

Akira was directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, who also wrote the manga. Hayao Miyazaki directed other famous anime films like Spirited Away.

The bus is called Catbus. Totoro is the large, fluffy forest spirit who appears with smaller Totoro characters. The names are distinct.

Miyazaki's directorial debut was 'Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro' in 1979. Princess Mononoke (1997) was his seventh feature film.

Namakura Gatana is a 4-minute silent short animated by Junichi Kouchi, widely recognized as one of the oldest surviving anime films, released in 1917.

Despite critical acclaim, Grave of the Fireflies never received an Academy Award nomination. It was not submitted for or selected for the category.