Category: Ask John

Question: I have a few questions about Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. First, is volume 12 Deathstrike the last one? Second, I heard that the last two episodes weren’t

Question: Ok, what’s the deal with cherry blossoms in anime? For example in X, there were cherry blossoms left and right. And why are some characters called Sakura,

Question: I’ve noticed over & over in many different anime series that they show, in someone’s backyard, a little bamboo stick which is placed in a stream of

Question: You know that one part in Project A-ko when they go in the theater and Col. Sanders is on the screen and they scream? What’s the deal

Question: What do you think of Toonami? It seems that most hardcore anime fans don’t like it and say that it hurts anime and that’s it just another

Question: All the animes created (from a stupid thing like Remi to the greatest animes of all time like Evangelion) have something in common. When a character speaks

Question: In many anime series, I have seen a cat that the characters pray to for luck/fortune. An example includes Saber Marionette J, episode 7. So what is

Question: I’ve read some manga and seen some animes. To my amazement, the characters never seem to grow up. The time might just fly by in weeks and

Question: Is Kimba the white lion related to Disney’s The Lion King?

Question: I consider myself to be a seasoned anime fan, but nothing I have ever seen could prepare me for Berserk. Why is it so different? Better yet,

Question: I have been seeing lately, a lot of people who are including the cartoon Transformers when they talk about anime. I was just wondering, is Transformers an

Question: I was wondering about anime on laser discs. I was thinking about getting a new DVD player, and was considering getting one with a laserdisc player built

Question: I have watched many anime series (Child’s Toy, Sailor Moon, Ranma 1/2, Dragonball Z, etc.), and I realize all anime series out there portray fictional characters with

Question: I heard that from a friend that some of the characters of Rurouni Kenshin are actually based on people that once existed in Japan in the late

Question: I’ve noticed that there are a lot of versions of “Journey to the West” (or Saiyuki) stories that have been turned into anime or manga, like Boku