Category: Ask John

Question: Why cut anime? Why not show it in the original Japanese way besides dubbing/subbing it. (I know that dubbing sometimes cuts out stuff so as to make

Question: After viewing Android Maico 2010 at GenCon last year and D4 Princess at Otakon, my girl friend and I were very happy to finally find fansubs of

Question: Is anime still drawn by hand, or is it all done with computers now?

Question: Have you seen Sailormoon? In some episodes, Rei (Sailor Mars) uses a kind of paper with kanji written on it. When the paper is used, it turns

Question: My friend and I have both been buying Trigun and Evangelion but unfortunately both are coming to an end. We can’t seem to find a good series

Question: In my experience it seems that mecha and magical girls shows are becoming more popular every day. Is this simply a fad or do you believe this

Question: Why is it that Japanese anime and game companies continue to recycle old series and remarket them as something new with an “x” or “(insert compelling subtitle

Question: Recently, a very close friend of mine got me interested in several shoujo series including Fushigi Yuugi, Kodomo no Omocha, and even Sailor Moon. The problem is…I’m

Question: In 2 anime, Pokemon and Digimon Tamers, a fox with 9 tails appears. Both use fire as an element and have Shinto symbols around them. Is this

Question: What’s up with Lee [of Card Captor Sakura]? Every time he sees Yukito he blushes and acts all weird. I just want to know why this is

Question: Outlaw Star only had 26 episodes, same with Evangelion, and both Tenchi TV series, and I bet there are other good anime shows that ended when they

Question: I noticed that of all the mecha anime in existence (such as Big O, Giant Robo, Macross, Gundam, etc.) the most realistic of them, such as Macross

Question: One of the most upsetting things for me when it comes to anime is the fact that I am usually only able to obtain a small amount

Question: Why do the Dragonball Z DVDs have the same amount of episodes as the VHS? Can’t they just put a whole saga on one disc instead of

Question: Why is no US licensing company picking up this title [Initial D]? With the rise in popularity in manga and import cars, this anime would be a