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JAPANESE ANIME WORKSHOP

DRAWING WORKSHEET

Activity One
Try to exercise your drawing
skills in the anime and
manga styles using these
sketches as references.

(from the book "The art of


Miyazaki's Spirited away", Viz
Communications, Inc., 2002)

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

1 What does the word anime mean?


Tick the correct answer

a. It is the Japanese word for “animal.”


b. It is shortened from the English word “animation” and indicates Japanese
cartoons
c. It is a Japanese comic strip

2 What is the difference between anime and manga?


Cross out the incorrect answers from the list below

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.

a. In Dragon Ball, Goku is a boy who …


b. Ash Ketchum wants to become a pokemon master …
JAPANESE ANIME WORKSHOP
COMPREHENSION WORKSHEET 2

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

a. Yūbaba runs a restaurant for lost children.


b. Her business is a bathhouse for spirits.
c. She is the owner of a theme park for families.

3 Try to guess the relationship between Haku and Sen


Circle the correct answer

a. They are brother and sister.


b. Haku is her guardian spirit.
c. They are master and apprentice.

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:

6 Do you remember how her name changes in Japanese?


Circle one option from the possibilities given below:

荻野千尋  千
千尋  荻野

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