Category: Ask John

Question: Are there any plans to ever release Detective Conan in America? Even just the first series on subbed DVD/VHS is good enough for me! Can you help?

Question: First came The Guyver, then Evangelion, 26 mega hit episodes which got everyone’s attention. Then Escaflowne, another mega hit series. From there comes Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star,

Question: I am a big anime fan, but I rarely get to buy or see any anime since it’s so expensive. When I do have enough money to

Question: I recently purchased the remastered Akira DVD, and I just do not understand the ending, so if you can only…? SPOILER WARNING!

Question: Was the original Dangaioh ever released in America? I’ve heard news that Great Dangaioh is being released; however I can’t find the original movie anywhere.

Question: There seems to be a lot of German language and references in anime. Can you explain them? And why is the WWII German Tiger Tank is so

Question: What’s the deal with the sentai issue? Why can’t the people who release the Americanized Power Rangers also release the original show itself on VHS and DVD?

Question: Surely you’ve heard of the debate that’s been going on, comparing RahXephon against Eva. Some say it outright rips it off while others say there are similarities

Question: What ever happened to all the animorphs? Catigirls used to be as common as the big eyes themselves in older anime, nowadays there seem to be no

Question: Is Carl Macek the Al Capone of anime? I’ve researched the Robotech series and found that our Robotech is nothing but a rip-off of three series: Superdimensional

Question: I have not been able to find any anime that is Cthulhu (kuh-THOO-loo) Mythos related. In case you were wondering, the Cthulhu Mythos is an inter-connected “eldritch

Question: What is omake? On the Blue Seed DVD box set there is an Omake Theater, and for the Fushigi Yugi OVA there seems to be a similar

Question: Can you explain the appeal of CGI in anime now? Series like Zoids, Blue Sub No. 6, and the of clips Robotech 3000 (hopefully those plans have

Question: I consider myself a hard-core anime fan, but with all the series I’ve seen and completed, none of them take place out of Tokyo! Not that I

Question: A lot of anime fans seem to consider Japanese society to be superior to American society. As an extreme example, an active user on one of my