Culture trivia
Name a manga artist (mangaka)
“Name a manga artist (mangaka)” is one of 78 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 102 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Osamu Tezuka
- Akira Toriyama
- Eiichiro Oda
- Masashi Kishimoto
- Rumiko Takahashi
One step down
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Hirohiko Araki
- Tite Kubo
- Hajime Isayama
- Naoko Takeuchi
- Hiromu Arakawa
- Yoshihiro Togashi
- Kentaro Miura
- Takehiko Inoue
- Katsuhiro Otomo
- Naoki Urasawa
- Tsugumi Ohba
- Takeshi Obata
- Gosho Aoyama
- Fujiko F. Fujio
- Junji Ito
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsOsamu Tezuka · Akira Toriyama · Eiichiro Oda
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsHirohiko Araki · Tite Kubo · Hajime Isayama …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss46 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, R, S, T and Y. The Abyss has 46 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 102 answers in total, 100 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ONE”. Longest: “Yoshikazu Yasuhiko”.
- K, H and Y are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 69 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hiroe” counts as Rei Hiroe.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with K: 16 of the answers begin with it.
- Osamu Tezuka, Akira Toriyama and Eiichiro Oda are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a manga artist (mangaka)”?
- The usual first answers are Osamu Tezuka, Akira Toriyama, Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto and Rumiko Takahashi. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a manga artist (mangaka)”?
- 102 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 46 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a manga artist (mangaka)” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ONE” and the longest is “Yoshikazu Yasuhiko”.
- How hard is “Name a manga artist (mangaka)”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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