Category: Ask John

Question: What is the most violent/gory anime ever created? How does it deserve this merit, and also, is it a good title regardless?

Question: The Naruto manga is my favorite manga series, as well as the anime. I have read, and am still reading, fan translations from fan sites, and recieving

Question: Don’t you find it odd that the upcoming Region 1 DVD release of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence doesn’t have an English dub despite the rising

Question: Which do you consider the superior film, Princess Mononoke or Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind?

Question: How come not many people know about Teknoman (Tekkaman). On AnimeNation.com they have the Tekkaman II but they don’t have anything about Teknoman (Tekkaman) even though it

Question: How well will Howl’s Moving Castle do in the U.S. considering Spirited Away has boosted Hayao Miyazaki’s fame (compared to that of earlier times) as a director?

Question: Why is there seemingly so much more yaoi in anime than yuri? I, as a guy, would think that there’d be a market for it as well,

Question: Do people in Japan collect manga like people in America collect comics? While in Japan I noticed that many people would simply toss away their manga when

Question: Now that Toei is translating anime in America, what titles are by Toei? Are they mostly older titles like Slam Dunk or are there new ones being

Question: What is the Japanese concept of demon? Sometime demons seem somewhat akin to the Western concept of an evil bat wing creature. Other times they appear more

Question: This is more of a personal question than a general one, but recently I’ve been experiencing a sort of sadness/depression after finishing a series, be it anime

Question: Why are things like X-Men, Spiderman, Blade, Superman, Batman, and Daredevil embraced in such a loving way by adults and “important” people in this nation but manga

Question: How come there are a couple different stories in DBZ explaining the destruction of planet Vegeta?

Question: Why do great titles have to include nudity. I don’t see any point in this as it is not vital to the storyline of most manga. It

Question: Please tell me it isn’t true that 4Kids have the rights to Naruto? Is it true? Can we do something about it so they won’t get the