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Question: Can you fill me in on what X the movie is about?

Question: Is there any more Dragon Half or All Purpose Cat Girl Nuku-Nuku besides what has been released in the US?

Question: I have a question about how storylines are made up for anime series. Is the whole thing usually plotted out in advance, or do the writers make

Question: I just wanted to ask about anime movies released in U.S. theatres. I just want to be sure, were Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Princess Mononoke

Question: Why do Japanese characters have big eyes?

Question: I’ve recently noticed that in American animation, there’s a tendency to create anthropomorphic characters, while in anime, animals can sometimes talk but are rarely completely “humanized.” The

Question: I was wondering why Battle Angel Alita is called “Gally” on the DVD? Isn’t that very, very wrong? Or is it as I hope I would be,

Question: I had two questions on Gundam Wing, the new anime series that Cartoon Network has picked up for Spring 2000. First off, who makes it? There are

Question: For Nadesico, will there be any more series/movies after the TV series & movie?

Several readers have mailed in corrections to Wednesday’s “Ask John” article titled “What Does the Pentagram Mean in Japan?” The article erroneously refers to the pentagram as a

In the Ask John answer from last Friday, I suggested little possibility that the Basara manga would ever be licensed and translated for American audiences. Bill Flanagan, editor

The following is a very informative response to the Ask John column of October 24th, dealing with the question of why adolescent characters are so commonly used as

The amount of e-mail we’ve received in regard to the Ask John column of October 20th inquiring whether the Gundam Wing boys were gay has prompted this further

One of our readers with some insider knowledge took some time to expand on yesterday’s “Ask John” column addressing why more Japanese animation gets translated for the American

Was a lot of response to yesterdays column. So much so we are able to add a bunch of additional examples. Thanks everyone! Read the updated Ask John!