Category: Ask John

Question: I’ve noticed an increase in manga and anime aimed at girls/women, especially from TokyoPop, like Fake, Gravitation and Pet Shop of Horrors. Why the sudden increase and

Question: Does Americanization of dubbed anime happen on a regular basis? Would you consider an American dub a form of Americanization?

Question: I was in a book store the other day and saw a new TOKYOPOP manga title on the shelf. Since I more or less expected typical TOKYOPOP

Question: What the heck is chibi?

Question: Why is it that Japanese movies and anime are the only form of foreign entertainment that they make dubbed versions of? For most, it would be taboo

Question: I got a question about why Japanese people seem to love those transform stuff. Transform like in Salior Moon, Ultra Manic and etc. All the people I

Question: Based simply on your opinion, are there any anime which you feel are vastly overrated? Are there any series which you feel received too much attention (be

Question: I had heard that you guys were going to be the distributors for Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu in the U.S. and I was just wondering

Question: Is there a chance that more episodes of Fooly Cooly will be made? The show was very short and the way it ended makes it possible for

Question: I’ve seen the name of the Scryed anime and manga spelled so many ways. Scryed, SCRYed, Scry’d, Scried, scry-ed… Is there a “right” way to spell this

Question: I was hoping you could explan something about Voices of a Distant Star. Like, oh let’s say, the middle bits and end. I understand the love story,

Question: What’s the longest anime ever created? You alluded to some anime being longer than Legend of the Galactic Heroes. So adhering to the standard 20-25 minute episode

Question: If you had to pick one anime girl to go out with, who would it be?

Question: I heard that Vampire hunter D was based on a novel. I just wondered if this was true. If it is, who is the author?

Question: With the new Lupin the Third and the upcoming Astro Boy games for PS2, both new games based on older shows, does it seem more likely that