Category: Ask John

Question: I’ve been looking at Street Fighter recently, because I just watched Alpha and I am waiting for Alpha: Generations. So far, I’ve found Street Fighter II V:

Question: Is lolicon illegal in the USA? And how come some people like it?

Question: In an earlier editorial you were lamenting that most old series go unnoticed and get little attention from fans and fansubbers. However- can you blame them? Very

Question: I hope to one day work as a voice actor for ADV and Funimation. The problem is I don’t know the following. Despite being told about crap

Question: I just recently finished Mai HiME/My HiME and was looking back to its first few episodes to compare just far the series actually came. When compared to

Question: It seems that there’s been a fansubbing issue lately, but what about another related form the scanlation? To me, both are bad, detracting profits from the anime/manga

Question: I just finished watching Gundam Seed Destiny and it was awesome. But the way it ended looked like there was hint of a 3rd season. So do

Question: The following critique was passed on to me by the webmaster of the Japanese Ask John Fan Club website: “I read your “Will Fansubbing Continue?” in the

Question: Is there a Mel Blanc of Anime? The man of a thousand voices coined phrases such as “What’s up, Doc?”, “Sufferin’ Succotash!” and “I tawt I taw

Question: Do you think there is a disconnect in the American anime community in linking anime shows to their original source of manga or PC games? Even as

Question: I know that some anime series have soundtracks that are a major part of the show, such as Cowboy Bebop’s jazz or FLCL’s rock. Are there any

Question: I have a mixed feeling about fansub. I remember you declared you would not deny the existence of fansub because the growing popularity of anime had been

Question: Why does anime look not as good as it did in the 80s? Even with the use of computers in making anime, I feel that cel painted

Question: Recently I have been looking for classic anime that never made it to the U.S. In my search I’ve come across a frustrating fact: there is a

Question: Why is it that when long-running anime series end up catching-up to the story told in the manga, they almost always start to go downhill at an