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Did You Know Anime #9 answers

November 2, 2026. All seven Ladder questions with answers, plus the Who's That Anime? puzzle.

The Ladder

1. Rung 1 · Easy

   What does Nezuko wear in her mouth in Demon Slayer?

   Answer: A bamboo muzzle

   Did you know? Giyu Tomioka put it there so she couldn't bite anyone or taste human blood. More facts

2. Rung 2 · Easy

   In Attack on Titan, who reveals himself to be the Armored Titan?

   Answer: Reiner Braun

   Did you know? Reiner confesses it to Eren almost casually, and Bertholdt turns out to be the Colossal Titan. More facts

3. Rung 3 · Medium

   Which manga artist illustrated Death Note?

   Answer: Takeshi Obata

   Did you know? Obata first became famous drawing Hikaru no Go. Ohba wrote Death Note's story. More facts

4. Rung 4 · Medium

   Who performs "Kaikai Kitan", Jujutsu Kaisen's first opening?

   Answer: Eve

   Did you know? Eve sang season 1's first opening. King Gnu later did season 2's "SPECIALZ". More facts

5. Rung 5 · Hard

   Which film won Hayao Miyazaki his second Best Animated Feature Oscar?

   Answer: The Boy and the Heron

   Did you know? It won at the 96th Academy Awards in 2024, 21 years after Spirited Away's win.

6. Rung 6 · Hard

   Who voices L in the Japanese Death Note anime?

   Answer: Kappei Yamaguchi

   Did you know? Kappei Yamaguchi, also the voice of Inuyasha and Usopp, plays L. More facts

7. Rung 7 · Legend

   Pikachu's voice actress, Ikue Otani, also voices which One Piece Straw Hat?

   Answer: Tony Tony Chopper

   Did you know? Otani has voiced both Pikachu and Chopper for decades, plus Mitsuhiko in Detective Conan. More facts

Who's That Anime?

The answer was Cowboy Bebop.

1. TV Tokyo aired only part of this 1998 Sunrise series; all 26 episodes later ran on Wowow.
2. Directed by Shinichirō Watanabe with music by Yoko Kanno; its episodes are called 'sessions'.
3. Set in 2071, decades after a hyperspace gateway accident left Earth almost uninhabitable.
4. A ship's crew picks up con artist Faye, a child hacker named Ed, and Ein, a corgi 'data dog'.
5. An ex-syndicate hitman and an ex-cop chase bounties across the solar system; opening theme 'Tank!'

Did you know? Its core creators were credited collectively under Sunrise's shared pseudonym, Hajime Yatate.

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