50 free Akame Ga Kill! trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Akame ga Kill! began as a 2010 Square Enix manga about a country boy who walks into a corrupt capital and ends up in an assassin cell. The 2014 anime from White Fox compressed the story, killed most of the cast, and became one of the most-watched premieres in Toonami history. This quiz covers the writer and artist, the magazine it ran in, the prequel and spin-off, the studio and theme songs, the Night Raid roster and their Teigu, Esdeath and the Jaegers, the Three Beasts, Wild Hunt, and the sales and streaming history since. Every answer is explained, so the lore gaps get filled as you go.
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Q 01Who wrote the Akame ga Kill! manga?
Takahiro
He came to manga from visual novels, having founded the studio behind Majikoi ~ Oh! Samurai Girls.
Q 02Who illustrated the original Akame ga Kill! manga?
Tetsuya Tashiro
The writer chose him for his fast-paced action panels and, by his own admission, his ability to draw cute girls.
Q 03Which publisher released the manga in Japan?
Square Enix
The same company behind Final Fantasy also publishes Fullmetal Alchemist and Soul Eater through its Gangan magazines.
Q 04In which magazine was the manga serialized?
Monthly Gangan Joker
The prequel and spin-off ran in a sister magazine, Monthly Big Gangan.
Q 05In which year did the manga begin serialization?
2010
It ran for more than six years, wrapping in December 2016, a full two years after the anime had already ended the story its own way.
Q 06How many tankōbon volumes collect the main manga?
15
A volume 1.5, originally bundled with the anime's home video release, was later published on its own.
Q 07Why does Tatsumi travel to the Capital at the start of the story?
To raise money for his village
He is swindled almost immediately on arrival, then taken in by a noble family with a torture chamber in the shed.
Q 08Which studio animated the Akame ga Kill! anime?
White Fox
The studio is also known for Steins;Gate and Re:Zero, and its production values were singled out in early reviews.
Q 09How many episodes does the anime have?
24
It aired across two cours in a single year, which is why the second half had a new opening and ending.
Q 10In which year did the anime air in Japan?
2014
It ran from July to December, outpacing the manga and inventing its own ending as a result.
Q 11Who illustrated the prequel manga Akame ga Kill! Zero?
Kei Toru
The prequel follows Akame's years as an assassin for the Empire and ran to ten volumes.
Q 12What is the title of the spin-off manga illustrated by Strelka?
Hinowa ga Crush!
Its story and cast are unrelated to the original; Akame appears only as a side character.
Q 13Which company licensed the manga in North America?
Yen Press
All seven of its first English volumes made The New York Times Manga Best Sellers list.
Which company licensed the anime for North America?
Q 21Who captures Prime Minister Honest in the manga's final battle?
Leone
Mortally wounded, she fuses with what is left of her Teigu to do it, then dies on the street where she first met Tatsumi.
Q 22Where does Tatsumi retreat with Mine at the end of the manga?
An island
Permanently transformed by his armor, he leaves with Mine, who is carrying their child, a far softer ending than the anime's.
Q 23What was the writer's original 2007 concept for the series?
An all-female band of assassins
The captive boy forced to work for them became Tatsumi, and the band became the mixed-gender Night Raid.
Sentai Filmworks
Its status as one of that licensor's titles is why the show vanished from a major streaming service in 2022.
Q 15Roughly how many copies of the manga were in circulation by September 2020?
4.1 million
The main series and prequel combined had passed 3.3 million four years earlier.
Q 16In the anime's English terms, what are the Teigu called?
Imperial Arms
They were forged centuries earlier from rare materials and the remains of mythical creatures, and a duel between two users always ends in a death.
Q 17Which capital enforcer kills Sheele?
Seryu
Sheele's last act is a blinding flash from her Trump Card, which lets a wounded Mine escape.
Q 18Which Teigu does Tatsumi inherit after Bulat's death?
Incursio
Bulat hands it over in his final moments, having judged Tatsumi the one who could take the armor to another level.
Q 19Who is Akame's younger sister, a member of the Jaegers?
Kurome
The sisters were sold to the Empire as children and split into different assassination divisions.
Q 20Who leads the brutal Wild Hunt formed by Prime Minister Honest?
Syura
He is Honest's son, and his atrocities end up provoking the Jaegers as much as Night Raid.
Q 24Who composed the anime's music?
Taku Iwasaki
He is also the composer behind Gurren Lagann and Rurouni Kenshin's anime scores.
Q 25What is the anime's first opening theme?
Skyreach
Sora Amamiya, Akame's voice actress, sang it, then returned to perform the second ending theme.
Q 26On which US programming block did the anime premiere in 2015?
Toonami
The premiere drew over 1.8 million viewers, one of the most-watched programs in the block's history.
Q 27Which streaming service removed the series on March 31, 2022?
Crunchyroll
Several titles from the same licensor left the platform after Sony Pictures Television bought it.
Q 28Tatsumi's inherited armor was created from the flesh of which Danger Beast?
Tyrant
The beast's adaptive ability lets the armor evolve, which is also what eventually starts consuming its wearer.
Q 29What is the name of Akame's poison-bladed katana?
Murasame
Its full title is One Slice Kill, and a single cut is fatal, which is why Esdeath amputates her own arm after it is nicked.
Q 30Which katana did Akame use before acquiring her poison blade?
Kiriichimonji
It was a Shingu, a lesser tier of weapon, whose wounds never heal.