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AnimeShinbun 12 Days of Holiday Trivia Contest

Hi everyone!

'tis the season for giving, and we've got more than a few prizes to give out to you all for this holiday season. =)

This year, we've just got the one contest for you. The 12 Days of Holiday Trivia has always been the contest that's gotten the greatest number of entries, and we thought it only fair that this was reflected in the prizes we offered for it. ;)
1st Place: $150 USD Amazon Gift Card
2nd Place: $100 USD Amazon Gift Card
3rd Place and 4th: $75 USD Amazon Gift Card

Here's how things are going to work. Every day for the next 12 days, I'll be editing this blog post with a new trivia question. For all of the questions this year, we're specifically asking about 2016 anime series which have streamed legally online for the first time this year. This includes 2nd seasons, sequels, and remakes, as well as all anime that has streamed on genre specific services like Crunchyroll and Daisuki, and general streaming services like Hulu and Netflix, but excludes anime which start airing in late December after this post has gone live. We've tried to spread the questions across as many series as possible, so if you find an answer relating to one series, assume that series isn't going to make a reappearance.

To submit your entry, open a ticket using the link below, and include in your first message that it's for the 12 Days of Christmas Trivia.
You'll be able to find the ticket at once you've submitted it.
Please be aware will NOT be accepting answers through PM, or through replies in this thread. You must use that ticket system.

While the contest is called the 12 Days, that's more just due to the number of questions than anything else. You'll have until 11:55 PM (American Pacific Standard Time) on December 31st to get your entries in. You don't receive more points for submitting early, so take your time and think about the answers before you put them in. You do not need to submit all the answers in one go. If you want to change your answers, simply go to the ticket and submit a reply to it with the changes.

If a tiebreaker is needed, we'll first go to least number of incorrect answers (ie. it's better to submit no answer to a question than to submit a wrong answer), and then to an additional tiebreaker question if necessary. From past experience... it's rare that we need to go to tiebreaker questions, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. We'll let you know in the first week of January if one will be required, and give all those still in the running plenty of time to think about the additional questions.

Good luck!

Day 1 Question:
How many different schools were involved in on-screen matches during the 3rd season of "Haikyū!!", which recently concluded?

Day 2 Question:
Name a Japanese voice actor or actress who did not provide the singing voice of a character they were voicing in a 2016 anime.

Day 3 Question:
A character from which series was the focus of a major social media hashtag this year which challenged artists to draw a particular character in parodies of stock photo shots?

Day 4 Question:
The eponymous character from Detective Conan is named for two famous mystery writers. Excluding Detective Conan itself, what anime series that aired this year directly referenced one of these two writers?

Day 5 Question:
Have any anime in 2016 aired a Christmas themed episode? If yes, name the series, and the specific episode.

Day 6 Question:
Name a 2016 anime series which was based off of the concept of moe anthropomorphism.

Day 7 Question:
It's not uncommon for anime series to stream on Crunchyroll a day, week, or even month after they aired on Japanese TV. But not every series is one of these standard delays. Which series 2016 had its episodes streaming 19 days after they aired in Japan?

Day 8 Question:
What is wrong with the romanization of the title "Yuri on Ice"?

Day 9 Question:
Including only those characters in the core group, how many girls are in Serinuma's harem?

Day 10 Question:
Which Japanese fairy tale does Subaru tell to one of the two maid sisters, and which of the maid sisters did he tell it to?

Day 11 Question:
"The 2016 Beserk anime is a direct continuation of the 1997-98 Beserk TV anime." True or False?

Day 12 Question:
What was the first new anime to stream on Crunchyroll in 2016, and what will be the last anime to stream a new episode on Crunchyroll in 2016?
Terms and Conditions:
2. The closing date is 11:59 PM American Pacific Standard Time, 31 December 2016.
4. Prizes are not transferable.
5. Barring unforeseen delays, the winners of the competition will be notified by AnimeShinbun ticket in the 2nd week of January, 2016.
10. In the interests of fairness, each entrant will only be eligible to win one prize per month. If an entrant comes up for multiple prizes, they will be awarded the highest value one and the remaining prizes will be redrawn. When the user is eligible for multiple prizes of the same value, they will be credited as winning the contest for which there was the least competition and/or the most skill involved, and the remaining contests will be redrawn. (For example, in the regular AnimeShinbun monthly contests, typically the community involvement lottery has less competition the contributor contest, so if a user was drawn for both they would be awarded the community involvement lottery and the contributor contest would be redrawn).
11. Also in the interests of fairness (and to encourage users to participate in all aspects of the site), entrants will not be eligible to win the same contest in back-to-back months. i.e. If you win the Contributor Contest in January, you can't win the Contributor Contest again in February. You *could* however win the Community Involvement Lottery in February.
12. To be eligible for a prize in a Holiday Season contest, a user should contribute in some way to AnimeShinbun (i.e. submitting at least one story, reporting issues with the news submissions of others, or commenting on stories) over the course of the month.
November 2016 Contest Winners:
Contributor Contest (3 winners): giant, TXIDarkAvenger, The_Otaku
Community Involvement Lottery (1 winner): Alxe

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TXIDarkAvenger978d ago

Never entered these before but might as well give it a try!

Good luck to all!

Alxe978d ago

okey.... lets see how far i can go :P and thanks

The_Otaku977d ago

Thank you and congrats to the other winners!

Archaic975d ago

Remember to check back every day for each new question. I'll be adding them as close as I can to the same time each day, though I'll probably end up being a few hours either side on most days.

KingKelloggTheWH973d ago

Not gonna lie. I have 0 chance of winning XD

Archaic972d ago

Eh, only if you don't participate. ;) I think the smallest winning total we've had previously was 6 questions, though I don't think this year's questions are quite as nasty as that year was.

KingKelloggTheWH972d ago

I sadly am not versed in the anime the questions are about.

Maybe if it had some Berserk I would have got it XD...

Archaic971d ago

It's a good thing all the anime the questions are about are readily available on Crunchyroll then. And if you don't have the time to watch.... there's always Google-sensei. ;)