Category: Ask John

Question: What started the trend in anime music videos? Why does it seem to be something unique to anime fandom? Why aren’t there Buffy The Vampire Slayer videos

Question: What is Fandora, and was it ever released in the United States?

Question: Is IGPX Immortal Grand prix considered an anime?

Question: In anime and manga that involve feudal Japan, such as Ruroni Kenshin and Blade of the Immortal, how much truth is usually put behind the story as

Question: Why do so many anime fans cry and complain so much concerning the selective editing of anime when it’s broadcast? You’d think the networks and everybody involved

Question: I have noticed that in some anime series I’ve seen drinking seem to be a habit. Sometimes for fun, sometimes an everyday thing. I have also notice

Question: Why do Gainax always do the Evangelion sequels into the PS1 and the PS2? I mean, why don’t they make them anime like the series? It would

Question: I was just wondering if you knew what the black cat on Trigun was about? Does he pose some kind of significance to Vash or the story

Question: I’ve noticed that some anime creators/producers keep using the same character designs over and over again. For example, the creator of Dragonball used a Goku character design

Question: Is Dual a rip of Evagelion? I was wondering since the mecha in Dual looks almost identical to that of the Eva’s from Evagelion.

Question: Why does the American release of Chobits spell Chii’s name “Chi,” despite the kana clearly spelling it with two i’s?

Question: I just want to know what you guys have on a character named Satanika. Any movies, comics, anything you may have or know of, just so we

Question: Will there ever be an end to dubbing? If there was, would we be likely to see more anime with quicker release times since companies wouldn’t have

Question: I’ve noticed that fansubbed anime usually contains at least an occasional translator note, and that sometimes the translator’s notes are required to even remotely understand what the

Question: The other day I heard some people talking about a lost Cowboy Bebop episode. They said it was supposed to be the American ending when they originally