Category: Ask John

Question: I hear there is a video game for the anime “Lunar Legend Tsukihime” that addresses many of the questions needing answers in the series, and adds more

Question: Why aren’t the books on which anime are based ever translated and brought over to the US? I, for one, would love to read the original Lodoss,

Question: I’ve heard a lot of talk of a 2nd season of the Berserk series. At first I thought that this was just a rumor, but I see

Question: I have to question Saiyuki’s status as “shounen” anime because I don’t think having a ten-year old boy in the opening sequence wearing nothing but black leather

Question: In Miyazaki’s Nausicaa movie, this was one of the most questioned questions of the last 10 years since I saw it, and I really wanted to know

Question: The other day I was thinking about how long the series Dragonball Z has gone. Yes, I am a DBZ fan, though I have not seen a

Question: I don’t know if you’re allowed to comment on this question, but I was curious. What are you predictions for shows that will get licensed this convention

Question: Is the anime “boom” or fad finally dying in America? I’ve noticed that some companies have stopped releasing as many volumes of their DVDs or mangas, and

Question: After playing a couple DVDs with both the English language and subtitles turned on, I noticed that the info in the subtitles is much more limited than

Question: Is CG a threat to anime? Outside of Spirited Away, most of the nominees and winners for American awards for animation tend to be animated in CG.

Question: Why is it that “most” of the new anime coming out recently have been mainly letdowns? I know we shouldn’t compare it to being perfect, but why

Question: I find the previous piece “Are Americans Using the Word Hentai Incorrectly?” interesting because I’m aware that there seems to be difference as to definition of some

Question: What were John’s thoughts about Pretty Cure? Do you expect the content to be the same or improved upon for the second series, “Pretty Cure Max Heart”?

Question: Why do you feel Americans are so interested in Japanese anime and manga? It seems to me that traditional “American” comic book stores are catering only to

Question: How exactly does one define Space Opera? Where did the term originate? I’ve heard Outlaw Star referred to as space opera, and I suppose that Gundam, Robotech,