Q 01/05
A) Acting! Applause! Acclaim!
B) Act! Addict! Actors!
C) Art! Anime! Action!
D) Audition! Applaud! Adore!
Answer · why
Act! Addict! Actors! is the phrase behind the title, and the anime's opening of that name is sung by the four troupe leaders' voice actors as the unit...
Q 02/05
A) Director
B) Playwright
C) Lead actor
D) Stage manager
Answer · why
Director is the job, and it comes with a deadline: the company has to be turned around within a single year or it shuts for good.
Q 03/05
A) A demolition order
B) A rival's lawsuit
C) A huge debt
D) A fire-safety ban
Answer · why
A huge debt piled up after the company's founder vanished, and in the anime it is yakuza loan sharks who turn up at the theater to collect.
Q 04/05
A) A gemstone
B) A constellation
C) An animal
D) A flower
Answer · why
A flower is each actor's motif, such as the violet for Masumi Usui, and the company's name echoes mankai, the Japanese word for full bloom.
Q 05/05
A) Strawberry cake
B) Marshmallows
C) Chocolate
D) Doughnuts
Answer · why
Marshmallows are nearly all the picky Hisoka will eat, and his voice actor Junta Terashima once warned the character that they are high in calories.
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