Anime & Time: High School Media Literacy Worksheet — Exploring Time Themes in Anime (Grades 9–12)

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Instructions

Read the directions for each section carefully and write your answers in the spaces provided. This worksheet explores the theme of time as it is used in various popular anime series.

Section 1: Time Traveler's Match-Up

Match the character who travels through or manipulates time with the correct anime series. Write the letter of the correct anime series in the blank next to the character's name.

Characters
  1. ___ Subaru Natsuki
  2. ___ Okabe Rintarou
  3. ___ Trunks
  4. ___ Makoto Konno
  5. ___ Homura Akemi
 Anime Series
  1. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  3. Steins;Gate
  4. Dragon Ball Z
  5. Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World

Section 2: Unscramble the Timeline

Unscramble the letters below to reveal the names of anime series or concepts related to time.

  1. TEGASSINET → ______________________________
  2. HERO ZER → ______________________________
  3. KOTYO GERVENSRE → ______________________________
  4. EMIT PELAS → ______________________________
  5. RUDOALOWD → ______________________________

Section 3: Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences below by filling in the blanks with the correct word or name from the word bank. Some words may not be used.

Word Bank:
Death   |   Revival   |   future   |   Mitsuha   |   Hinata   |   past
  1. In Tokyo Revengers, Takemichi Hanagaki travels 12 years into the past to save his middle school girlfriend, _______________ Tachibana.

  2. The main plot of Steins;Gate revolves around a group of friends who invent a machine that can send text messages to the _______________.

  3. In Re:Zero, Subaru's ability, "Return by _______________," allows him to go back in time to a specific 'save point' whenever he dies.

  4. The film Your Name features two characters, Taki and _______________, who swap bodies and live across different points in time.

  5. In Erased, Satoru Fujinuma possesses an ability called "_______________" which sends him back a few minutes in time to prevent a life-threatening incident.


Answer Key

Section 1: Time Traveler's Match-Up

  1. E Subaru Natsuki
  2. C Okabe Rintarou
  3. D Trunks
  4. A Makoto Konno
  5. B Homura Akemi

Section 2: Unscramble the Timeline

  1. STEINSGATE
  2. RE ZERO
  3. TOKYO REVENGERS
  4. TIME LEAPS
  5. THE WORLD

Section 3: Fill in the Blanks

  1. Hinata
  2. past
  3. Death
  4. Mitsuha
  5. Revival
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