How many anime characters can you recognize?

[Zeraki]

1. Sailor Moon

2. No clue

3. Vash The Stampede(Trigun)

4. Don't know the name but I think she's from a show called Lain? I've never watched it, so all I know about it is that I've seen her picture on DVD covers for the show.

5. Ash Ketchum(Pokemon)

6. Shinji Ikari(Evangelion)

7. Monkey D. Luffy(One Piece)

8. Eren Jeager(Attack on Titan)

9. Haruhi Suzumiya(The Melencholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, I never watched the show but it was impossible to avoid exposure to it)

10.Spike Spiegel(Cowboy Bebop)

So that's two out of ten I didn't know, though it's a pretty easy list since most of these are very well known characters for anyone who has had an interest in Anime the past decade and a half.

 

[Something Amyss]

6/10 by name, and I still couldn't tell you the One Piece guy's name without looking, but I knew it was One Piece.

 

[gritch]

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I'm up for a challenge. But I did say in the OP these were SUPPOSE to be easy to recognize anime characters. I wasn't trying to throw any curve balls. If you recognized them all then the test probably wasn't made for you. I will admit I'm much better with series rather than names themselves.

Now let's see...
1. link 1 is broken
2.She's from Accel World I don't recall the name. Show was a bit to fan service heavy for me. Very obviously from the same writer of SAO (*looks at avatar* not that there's another wrong with SAO)
3. Dunno
4. Rin from Fate/Stay Night and given the quality of the picture it's probably from Unlimited blade works
5. Again I dunno
6. Another broken link
7. There's soo many anime she could be from. I don't know.
8. She's from Niseko. Still can't remmeber her name.
9. No Game no Life I am bad with names though. Goddamn that was a great show but the names I didn't bother to remember. Shame on me.
10. Another broken link

So looking at the answers - I would've definitely have gotten #6. I guess my total power levels a tad low? gah! I think we have just different taste in anime. Why are they all girls? There's a lot different anime characters out there than cute girls.

Since my credential are being challenged I'll put up some more difficult ones. I'm sure you'll get a few of these but we'll see if you can get them all.

Spoiler: Character 1

Spoiler: Character 2

Spoiler: Character 3

Spoiler: Character 4

Spoiler: Character 5

Spoiler: Character 6

Spoiler: Character 7

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Spoiler: Character 9

Spoiler: Character 10

Spoiler: Answers

1. Major Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
2. Okarin (Okabe) Rintarou from Steins;Gate BONUS: Suzuha Amane the "Part-time Warrior" in background
3. Rakka from Haibane Renmei
4. Shannon Casull from Scrapped Princess
5. Ranma from Ranma 1/2
6. Inaho Kaizuka from Aldnoah Zero
7. Aladdin from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
8. Keiichi Maebara from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When they Cry)
9. Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad
10. Rin from Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

May I just say that I find the juxtaposition of Keiichi and Nagisa's images on the list just hilarious to look at.

You know I think I'll add this advanced list into the OP as well as an aside. There seems to be a lot of people that recognize everyone on the easy list.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

Gonna say 8.5, since I knew Vash was from Trigun, but I didn't know his name until I looked at the answers. Then again it says "recognize" not name. Ah well, I got most of em. Never even heard of or seen art/screens of the fourth one though.

 

[gritch]

Question to you though Gritch, why didn't you include familiar anime characters from anime feature films? Characters like D the Vampire Hunter, Jubei from Ninja Scroll, or Tetsuo from Akira?

I figured series would be easier to recognize and truth be told I haven't seen a lot of anime films that have been popular. Tetsuo would've been a good pick though. And something from studio Ghibli - Tortoro would've been a real good choice. I guess it slipped my mind.

 

[Michel Henzel]

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Challenge accepted

Spoiler

1. Fix the link
2. Kuroyukihime
3. Tohka (she's so god damn adorable)
4. Rin
5. Emi (emilia)
6. Fix the link
7. Kobeni
8. Chitoge
9. Sora and Shiro aka Void
10. Link, why you no work!

So what did I win?

 

[Michel Henzel]

Since my credential are being challenged I'll put up some more difficult ones. I'm sure you'll get a few of these but we'll see if you can get them all.

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You know I think I'll add this advanced list into the OP as well as an aside. There seems to be a lot of people that recognize everyone on the easy list.

Let's get this started

Spoiler

1. I honestly had to look up her actual name as she is mostly refered to by her rank of major, but it's Motoko
2. Okabe, best mad scientist ever!!!
3. Not gonna lie, had to look up her name. Rakka
4. Shannon, thought you had me there, didn't you?
5. Ranma, yeah I know my classics
6. Ok, you got me here, I have no bloody clue. Either it's something recent I haven't watched or obscure as hell
7. Alladin
8. Broken
9. Broken
10. Well damn, again someone from something I don't know. Grrr

8 and 9 are broken.
And damn, I did not know 6 and 10. Seeing the answers I know I would have gotten 8 and 9 right, but the two I did not know are from things I haven't watched. Curses.

 

[VanQ]

So what did I win?

Links should be fixed now. You win... uhh..
Here's a cute gif

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There is a lot wrong with SAO. Not that it isn't enjoyable despite that. On to your more challenging ones.

Spoiler

1. That's the Major from Ghost in the Shell. I forget her last name but her first is Motoko.
2. Okabe Rintarou aka Hououin Kyouma.
3. I watched Haibane Renmei about 10 years ago so you'll forgive me for forgetting her name.
4. No clue.
5. Ranma from Ranma 1/2. One of my all time favourite anime/manga and my first ever genderbend one. I wish there were more like it.
6. I know he's from Aldnoah Zero but I didn't watch it.
7. Aladdin from Magi: Labyrinth of Magic. I actually considered putting Morgianna on my list.
8. Broken link
9. Broken link
10. No idea.

That's 6 for 8. Let me know when you fix the links.

 

[gritch]

Spoiler

1. I honestly had to look up her actual name as she is mostly refered to by her rank of major, but it's Motoko
2. Okabe, best mad scientist ever!!!
3. Not gonna lie, had to look up her name. Rakka
4. Shannon, thought you had me there, didn't you?
5. Ranma, yeah I know my classics
6. Ok, you got me here, I have no bloody clue. Either it's something recent I haven't watched or obscure as hell
7. Alladin
8. Broken
9. Broken
10. Well damn, again someone from something I don't know. Grrr

8 and 9 are broken.
And damn, I did not know 6 and 10. Seeing the answers I know I would have gotten 8 and 9 right, but the two I did not know are from things I haven't watched. Curses.

Thanks. Hopefully those links are fixed now.

Heh. I thought I would get you with Shannon there. Yes, #6 is very recent.

Don't worry. I'm sure you know plenty of anime that I haven't watched either.

 

[gritch]

There is a lot wrong with SAO. Not that it isn't enjoyable despite that. On to your more challenging ones.

I agree. Still watching SAO2 as it airs anyway. It's kept me entertained enough to keep watching.

That's 6 for 8. Let me know when you fix the links.

Hopefully the links are fixed now. Though I would be very surprised if you didn't know #9 given your previous list.

 

[VanQ]

There is a lot wrong with SAO. Not that it isn't enjoyable despite that. On to your more challenging ones.

I agree. Still watching SAO2 as it airs anyway. It's kept me entertained enough to keep watching.

That's 6 for 8. Let me know when you fix the links.

Hopefully the links are fixed now. Though I would be very surprised if you didn't know #9 given your previous list.

8 is the main character from Higurashi.
9 is Nagisa from Clannad.

I've watched so many god damn anime and spent so much time on /a/ that there are very few characters that I wouldn't know unless it was from some extraordinarily obscure show. I'm honestly surprised to see 2 characters I had no idea who they were or where they were from from a glance. And I really should have known the guy from Scrapped Princess because everyone says it's good, I just never got around to watching it.

 

[GabeZhul]

Nine out of ten of the standard, eight out of ten of the advanced. Roughly what I expected.

As for @VanQ 's list, I got three, and all three were characters I knew from other media instead of anime. I haven't really been watching new series for the past five years, to be honest.

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

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Spoiler

1) Matoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell
2) Okabe Rintaro from Stein's;Gate
3) Rakka from Haibane Renmei
4) Alright, don't know this one.
5) Ranma Saotome from Ranma 1/2
6) A Plank of Wood (Serious answer: Inaho from Aldnoah.Zero)
7) Aladdin from Magi
8) Keiichi Maebara from Higurashi (Took me a bit, as Ayumu from Is This A Zombie? looks very similar to him.)
9) Nagisa Furukawa from Clannad
10) Rin from Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne

9/10 isn't bad.

I wanna give this a go, just to mess with people:

Spoiler

Spoiler: Character 1

Spoiler: Character 2

Spoiler: Character 3

Spoiler: Character 4

Spoiler: Character 5

Spoiler: Character 6

Spoiler: Character 7

Spoiler: Character 8

Spoiler: Character 9

Spoiler: Character 10

Spoiler: Answers

1) Kino from Kino's Journey
2) Tatsuhiro Sato from Welcome to the NHK
3) Hitagi Senjougahara from Bakemonogatari
4) Yomiko Readman from Read or Die
5) Youko Nakajima from The Twelve Kingdoms
6) Shiki Ryougi from Kara no Kyoukai
7) Inferno Cop from Inferno Cop
8) Watashi (Nameless Protagonist) from The Tatami Galaxy
9) Watashi (Also Nameless Protagonist) from Humanity Has Decline
10) Nameless background character who got her head blown off from Mars of Destruction

I admit, that last one was just me wanting to see how many people have seen the flawless masterpiece that is Mars of Destruction.

This one should be fun.

 

[VanQ]

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Oh this is a good list.

1. Kino from Kino's Journey
2. Tatsuhiro Sato from Welcome to the NHK
3. Hitagi Senjougahara aka Crab aka worst girl from Bakemonogatari
4. Yomiko Readman aka Za Papah from Read or Die
5. Youko Nakajima from The Twelve Kingdoms
6. Shiki Ryougi from Kara no Kyoukai
7. Inferno Cop
8. Don't know his name all I know is he's from Tatami Galaxy and I only know that from the distinct art style
9. Watashi from Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
10. I have no idea. *Checks the answer* Well that's not fair, background characters is cheating.

Spoiler: Cheater!

 

[[Kira Must Die]]

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Snip.

Oh this is a good list.

1. Kino from Kino's Journey
2. Tatsuhiro Sato from Welcome to the NHK
3. Hitagi Senjougahara aka Crab aka worst girl from Bakemonogatari
4. Yomiko Readman aka Za Papah from Read or Die
5. Youko Nakajima from The Twelve Kingdoms
6. Shiki Ryougi from Kara no Kyoukai
7. Inferno Cop
8. Don't know his name all I know is he's from Tatami Galaxy and I only know that from the distinct art style
9. Watashi from Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita
10. I have no idea. *Checks the answer* Well that's not fair, background characters is cheating.

Spoiler: Cheater!

But she was the most memorable character in that anime, for the 10 seconds she was on-screen.

She's my favorite character to go to when I need an obscure anime character.

 

[waj9876]

The only one I didn't recognize was the fourth one, which seems oddly out of place amongst the rest who are well known. So I guess I'll do the second list.

Spoiler: My Guesses

Spoiler: Character 1

I don't remember her name, but I know she's the main character from Ghost in the Shell. I haven't actually watched that series.

Spoiler: Character 2

Steins;Gate main character. Haven't watched it yet.

Spoiler: Character 3

No idea. Gonna guess a name like Sora.

Spoiler: Character 4

Looks familiar, I can't put my finger on it.

Spoiler: Character 5

Saotome Ranma from Ranma1/2. My absolute favorite anime/manga series.

Spoiler: Character 6

No clue.

Spoiler: Character 7

Magi? I read a bit of the manga, up until he and that prince guy get attacked by other magic users for the first time.

Spoiler: Character 8

Keiichi. Higuarashi.

Spoiler: Character 9

No idea.

Spoiler: Character 10

Dunno.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I knew two names, Spike and Ash, and the rest was mostly "That dude/chick from ", except for like three that I couldn't place at all. I simply suck at names badly, I can't even remember most of the names from my favourite shows.

 

[Nazulu]

2, 4 and 9 I've never seen before, and they look pretty generic as it is. Looked at the answers and I've not heard of any of those anime either. Asked my friends if they knew, and they didn't.

I call foul

 

[Casual Shinji]

First list was peanuts. Second list still fairly easy if not for some of the characters from current anime, which I haven't followed in years.

But how about we get some real anime characters in here (as in characters whose picture I had floating around somewhere anyway).

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[DaWaffledude]

1: Sailor Moon
2: Kyubey
3: Uh... Haven't a clue.
4: No idea
5: Ash Ketchum!
6: Shinji from NGE?
7: The guy from One Piece.
8: Eren Jaeger
9: Haruhi Suzumiya, I think
10: The guy from Cowboy Bebop.

Did alright, I suppose. Now on to the advanced list!

1: I think I saw her in someone's forum avatar once?
2: No clue
3: Nope
4: He looks familiar but I can't say from where
5: Thought I'd be better at this, TBH
6: I know I've seen him before...
7: This one, in the other hand, I am confident I have never seen in my life
8: It'd be great if I could just name one of these
9: Don't know
10: Aaaaand nope.

Hmm...