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.

A hunt for the craft behind the curtain — the studios, directors and films that define 'sakuga'. Eight clues, one trip into the real world. Progress saves on this device.

Clue 1/8on-site

Name the Studio Ghibli co-founder who directed Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke (his surname is fine).