Category: Ask John

Question: I would like to know if you are into J-pop. If yes who is/are your favorite artist/s?

Question: I heard about an OAV series known as Blue Seed 2. Being a fan of Blue Seed, I was quite curious to see what it was, and

Question: Why can’t more Japanese companies put English subtitles on Region 2 anime DVDs?

Question: The AnimeNation newsletter recently included a book description for Anime Essentials that read: “What makes Japanese animation Japanese? What are the top, not-to-be-missed films? Who’s got the

Question: Who are the three girls on the current banner at the top of the AnimeNation main page, and what can you tell me about them?

Question: I have watch 3 series by CLAMP: Magic Knight Rayearth, CLAMP Campus Detectives and Card Captor Sakura, and I noticed that the plot or an episode would

Question: I know that Gunnm was a translated manga in the states for a long time; however, I’ve not seen any Battle Angel Alita shows other than the

Question: Can you tell me about Hellsing? How many episodes are there? I heard its like a horror/Cowboy Bebop type anime.

Question: I know that the words Yamato and Nadesico are names for anime series, but what do they mean literally? And I think that I also heard that

Question: This “Ask John” question was posted on the AnimeNation site once before, but a site update accidentally deleted it. This morning I drafted a new summarization of

Question: I just got an artbook for the Utena movie and even though it’s a show aimed towards girls (shoujo-type), I don’t understand why there are so many

Question: Okay, if you watch the Samurai X OVAs you will notice something interesting: all the guys have two swords with them. In the TV series, one sword

Question: What exactly is the deal with Gundress? Why wasn’t it finished? Even more important, why was it released in Japan unfinished?

Question: I have a question about the Phantom Quest Corp. I just got finished watching two VHS videos with about 4 episodes. I really enjoyed the show and

Question: I just read your answer regarding the last volume of BGC 2040 in the Animenation news from yesterday. You mentioned that the series never finished in Japan.