Category: Ask John

Question: I noticed that of all the mecha anime in existence (such as Big O, Giant Robo, Macross, Gundam, etc.) the most realistic of them, such as Macross

Question: One of the most upsetting things for me when it comes to anime is the fact that I am usually only able to obtain a small amount

Question: Why do the Dragonball Z DVDs have the same amount of episodes as the VHS? Can’t they just put a whole saga on one disc instead of

Question: Why is no US licensing company picking up this title [Initial D]? With the rise in popularity in manga and import cars, this anime would be a

Question: I was wondering if you think the DBZ videos Perfect Cell: Temptation and Perfect Cell: Perfection will be worth anything in the future because the episode numbers

Question: Many anime series that have become popular here in the US are very old in Japan. With this in mind, many of the series that are popular

Question: Why, when it comes to shoujo [girls’ anime] being dubbed (Sailormoon) is it always more edited that shounen [boys’ anime]? I mean, Sailormoon is my fav. anime!

Question: I’ve seen many, many anime and manga and not one of them have a chubby girl. Is there any real reason behind this?

Question: I’ve always wondered if there was any significance to anime characters having their eyes closed three-quarters of the time? Yakumo from 3 X 3 eyes, Takashi from

Question: Why do anime characters have fangs? The characters I am talking about are definitely demons or cats (Mihoshi from Tenchi, Ranma-girl, Akane and Ryoga) yet they still

Question: I’ve been thinking, and I realized that there are very popular manga series out in Japan, and the anime to those manga series are popular here, such

Question: I was watching 3×3 Eyes today and started wondering, does most anime begin as manga? I’d never thought about it before, but most of the anime I’ve

Question: How do manga artists get their art recognized and published? I know there are several well established artists – how did they start out? Do you know

Question: Is Card Captors a girl show? I mean, it’s kinda hard to tell.

Question: I have a question about why dubbing studios change the dialogue for the dubs? I understand when companies change the dialogue for younger viewers but why does