AnimeToAnime Daily Puzzles

About AnimeToAnime Daily Puzzles

AnimeToAnime is a free browser trivia game for anime fans built on one idea: two anime are connected if they share at least one Japanese voice actor. The main game asks you to chain shows together this way for as long as you can, and the site adds solo, casual and ranked multiplayer modes with powerups, missions and an ELO ladder. Its data on anime and casts comes from MyAnimeList.

The daily puzzles are a separate set that everyone gets on the same day. The Daily Chain gives you a fixed start anime and a fixed target anime, and you link them through shared voice actors in as few moves as possible: pick a voice actor from the current show, and if they also appear in the target you are done; otherwise move to another show they worked on and keep going. Alongside it are Anime Bingo, where you match a grid of anime to genre and theme categories, Anime Connections, where sixteen anime split into four hidden groups of four, and a daily VA Match.

What makes it different from most anime guessing games is that it tests the cast behind the shows rather than plots or screenshots. Prolific voice actors act as hubs that link hundreds of series, so working backwards from the target's cast is often the quickest route. Only the Japanese cast counts; English dubs do not.

It suits anime fans who know their seiyuu, and anyone who likes Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon style link puzzles. The dailies take a few minutes each, past days are kept in an archive, and an account is optional (it is needed for ranked play and leaderboards).

How to play AnimeToAnime Daily Puzzles

1. Open animetoanime.com/daily to see today's start and target anime.
2. Pick a Japanese voice actor who appears in the current anime.
3. If that actor is also in the target anime, the chain is complete; if not, choose another anime they voiced to move to.
4. Keep going until you reach the target, using as few anime as you can (each one visited counts as a move).
5. Try the day's Anime Bingo and Anime Connections, or go back through the archive.

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Tips

• Work from both ends: look at who voices the target anime and aim for one of those actors.
• Prolific voice actors connect to many shows, so they make good stepping stones in the middle of a chain.
• In Connections, watch for shows that fit two groups; studios, source authors and release years can all be the hidden link.

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