Category: Ask John

Question: Because the “Ask John” answer regarding the Evangelion movies posted last Tuesday was accidentally deleted from the Ask John archive page, I’ve done some research and rewritten

Question: I read your response to the question about “Japanimation.” I too shudder at the sound of the phrase, but I was curious on your take with the

Question: Why don’t anime characters have any arm-pit hair or chest hair or, for that matter, pubic hair?

Question: What is the difference between the Ruroni Kenshin TV series and the OVA series? Which one comes first?

Question: What do you think of people who call anime “Japanimation?”

Question: Why are all anime fans so opinionated when it comes to anime? “I absolutely HATE this movie and you’re wrong to like it!” or vise versa. And

Question: Will there be any Gundam games?

Question: Do girls watch anime in Japan, and if so, at what age do they stop watching it?

Question: I have recently seen Legend of Basara, and it’s a great anime! However, when I looked for more episodes past 13 I found none. It seems that

Question: Since you just addressed the idea of nudity in anime, I would like to ask a question about the ridiculously large breasts that you see on some

Question: How the heck do you say “good-bye” in Japanese?

Question: Do you have any idea how long an OAV is supposed to be? Some, like Macross Plus, are only four parts, but there are some like Ranma

Question: I’m totally at a loss to understand how anyone can find Dragonball Z enjoyable, let alone how it’s become so enormously popular. The plots are paper-thin and

Question: Why do US companies sometimes pick up short OVAs and movies, for example, VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fresh (Knights of Ramune) and the Poltergeist Report/Yu Yu

Question: Why are so many anime TV series incomplete compared to their manga source? For example, in Saint Seiya, the TV series finished in the Poseidon saga, but