Category: Ask John

Question: Okay, if you watch the Samurai X OVAs you will notice something interesting: all the guys have two swords with them. In the TV series, one sword

Question: What exactly is the deal with Gundress? Why wasn’t it finished? Even more important, why was it released in Japan unfinished?

Question: I have a question about the Phantom Quest Corp. I just got finished watching two VHS videos with about 4 episodes. I really enjoyed the show and

Question: I just read your answer regarding the last volume of BGC 2040 in the Animenation news from yesterday. You mentioned that the series never finished in Japan.

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