Anime Codex
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Anime Scavenger Hunts

Pick a hunt. Solve each clue to unlock the next — fastest finishers top the board.

The Codex Origins Hunt10 clues

A tour through anime history and the Codex itself — with one trip into the real world.

Beginnerreal-world
Studios & Sakuga8 clues

Eight clues on the studios and directors behind anime's most beautiful frames — one real-world stop.

Intermediatereal-world
Shonen Legends8 clues

Eight pure-trivia clues through the biggest battle shonen ever made. No travel — solve it from your couch.

All-online
How to playThree clue-chains — anime history, studios & shonen. Some with a real-world stop.▾
  1. 1Pick one of three hunts: Codex Origins, Studios & Sakuga, or the all-online Shonen Legends.
  2. 2Solve each clue to unlock the next — answers are hidden across the Codex and anime lore.
  3. 3At a real-world stop, check in by GPS if you're there, scan the on-site QR, or use the Anime Places map to answer remotely.
  4. 4Finish to post your time to that hunt's leaderboard and share your run.

Ten clues across the Codex and anime history — plus one trip into the real world. Solve each to unlock the next. No account needed; your progress saves on this device.

Clue 1/10on-site

We begin in 1988. Name the cyberpunk film widely called the most influential anime movie ever made — a neon Neo-Tokyo classic.