Category: Ask John

Question: Is it just me, or is anime getting more expensive?

Question: I have noticed in some anime that there are more than one opening and closing piece of animation. When did this trend start and why do some

Question: What happened to the Sakura Wars TV series? Why were only 4 eps. made? Didn’t it have something to do with the Sega video game? If so,

Question: Set aside the Vandread Second Stage and First Stage, what is Vandread: Turbulence OVA and the Vandread: Integral OVA. Are they before Vandread ever started or aftermath

Question: A lot of anime I’ve seen recently has involved cowboys or had situations where the characters act like cowboys or are in Wild West type places. Cowboy

Question: I picked up a copy of Angel Sanctuary at a local video store because the plot seemed interesting and the style of animation was different than what

Question: I was looking at the official Cowboy Bebop website and read some of the show descriptions. A lot of them ended with, “Did not air in the

Question: I have recently begun to watch the shounen-ai anime Gravitation and I was surprised at how good it is. I especially like the music of the series.

Question: I’ve noticed in Zoids New Century Zero and in Gundam Wing/Endless Waltz the most powerful mecha are ending in “zero.” Example: Liger Zero and Wing Zero. I’m

Question: Chichiri in Fushigi Yuugi ends every sentence with “no da” or “na no da,” which the subtitles occasionally translate as “y’know.” Does “no da” actually mean anything,

Question: [The following are separate but similar questions from two different readers.] I was just wondering why in some anime series like Tenchi Muyo and Evangelion the main

Question: Are you a fan of live action samurai films from Japan? If so, what could you recommend to me and anyone else interested. I have seen the

Question: Is there any special significance to the scars that numerous anime heroes have on their face or body? Is it just symbolic of their experience in combat

Question: What do you know about the Maid in Hanayuko anime? Is it TV or OVA? Is it hentai? How many episodes is it?

Question: I was just thinking about how many new sitcoms on American tv often don’t last two weeks, and I wondered, does this apply to anime too? In