Japanese All Worksheets
Japanese All Worksheets
Japanese All Worksheets
DRAWING WORKSHEET
Activity One
Try to exercise your drawing
skills in the anime and
manga styles using these
sketches as references.
Activity Two
Using the sample model below as a framework, try to create your own storyboard.
You can either create an original story, or imagine a final sequence for the clips of
anime we just watched.
JAPANESE ANIME WORKSHOP
LANGUAGE WORKSHEET
Task One
Try to copy the characters (kanji) and the hiragana reading of the two main
characters' names, Chihiro and Haku, using the spaces below.
chi 千
hiro 尋
chi ち
hi ひ
ro ろ
ちひろ
Haku/shiro 白
ha は
ku く
はく
Task Two
Looking at the katakana table provided, try to write the following words:
Milk (miruku)
Banana (banana)
Coffee (kohii)
Your name
Task Three
Try to link each word listed on the left with the correct katakana writings listed on
the right:
Ice cream ペン
Bar アニメ
Pen アイス クリーム
America バー
Anime アメリカ
JAPANESE ANIME WORKSHOP
COMPREHENSION WORKSHEET 1
a. Anime means a cartoon TV series and manga are Japanese video games
b. They mean the same thing
c. Manga are Japanese comic strips and anime are very often based on their
manga version
3 List the main differences between Japanese anime and American cartoons using
the grid below
Anime US cartoons
Drawing style
Plot/storyline
Characters
4 Choose one of the two anime below and write a brief summary of the plot (max
5 lines), picking up from the initial suggestion.
Alternatively, write a brief summary of one anime you know about.
1 Below are a few Japanese kanji (ideograms). Which one do you remember
seeing more often in the clips we watched?
Circle only one character.
食 油 目 千 耳 道
2 What is the business run by the old sorceress Yūbaba and who are her
customers?
Circle the correct answer
4 Why does Yūbaba takes the girl’s name from the contract?
5 What is the little girl’s name before and after she meets Yūbaba?
Before: After:
荻野千尋 千
千尋 荻野